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There is no need to explain the purpose 
of this book; its object is suggested ^by 
its title, The Morning* Message. 

It is compiled from lecture's and ser- 
mons delivered during the Northfield Sum- 
mer Conferences, and from the published 
works of Dr. Morgan. 

The poems inserted are selected from 
among some of Dr. Morgan's favorite quo- 
tations, while the Biblical texts are chosen 
from both the Authorized and the Revised 
Versions. 

It is evident, by the remarkable gather- 
ings for Bible Study at Northfield, that the 
habit of morning meditation on the Word 
of God commends itself strongly to an 
increasing number year by year. It is, 
therefore, earnestly hoped that these echoes 
from Dr. Morgan's Bible lectures may come 
as the morning message, to guide in per- 
plexity, to comfort in sorrow, and to stimu- 
late the conviction that ''the Word of the 
Lord abideth for ever." 

W. R. 

Portland, Maine. 



GUfcoBt tftm tlyiB bag arffom g* mill Bttbt. Januarg 

— Joshua xxiv: 15 J 



Destiny is fixed by the choice of the 
human will, which selects for itself 
its heaven or hell. Thus each one of 
us is building character forever. Those 
who are yielding to the forces around 
that mar the life, do so absolutely of 
their own free choice. 



Strong Son of God, immortal Love, 

Whom we, who have not seen Thy face, 
By faith, and faith alone, embrace, 

Believing where we cannot prove. 

Thou seemest human and divine, 

The highest, holiest manhood, Thou ; 
Our wills are ours, we know not how ; 

Our wills are ours, to make them Thine. 

— In Memoriam 



Jatmarg f t Iran* xxtt b nf pattern*, iljai fjatring bam tljr 
II mill nf (&ab, g* mag rn^to tit* ptamxa*. 

—Hebrews x:36, R. V. 

Patience is the capacity for being still 
when all around is tempest-tossed. Pa- 
tience is the flower of fidelity. If fidel- 
ity is the activity of faith, patience is 
the condition of character resulting 
therefrom. 



Samtarg ©If at ia man. tliat than art minirful of Ijim? 

HI — Psalm viii:4. 

I stand at the foot of the mountain 
which lifts its head beyond the cloud 
and catches on its summit the first 
gleam of the King of Day in his rising, 
and I say, " What am I?" That moun- 
tain has been there through the passing 
of the ages, and I am here and shall be 
gone before the sun melts the snow up- 
on its summit. "What is man?" But 
the Psalmist has another point of ob- 
servation : "Thou art mindful of him; 
thou visitest him." 



Jfar turn* nf ub Utirtli tu IjimBrlf, ani turn* ilamtara 
bxttl} In Ijimflrif. jy 

— Romans xiv: 7, R. V. 

We must all exert influence, whether 

we will or no You influence 

every man you touch by the way you 
look at him and speak to him, and all 
the time the influence you are exerting 
is welling up out of your actual self, 
and you cannot prevent it. 



SlrBBrb wet tlfrg tljat Ifnvt tuft arm, attJi grt 3attuarg 
haur brltrvriL v 

— John xx : 29. v 

There are those to whom no visions 
come, no moments upon the mount suf- 
fused with a glory that never was on 
land or sea. Let such not envy the 
men of vision. It may be that the 
vision is given to strengthen a faith 
that else were weak. It is to the peo- 
ple who can live along the line of what 
others call the commonplace, and yet 
trust, that the Master says, " Blessed." 



Jauuarg 3?am atnab mxb rrob, sayttuu M amj man 
VI tljirat Ut Ijtm rum* unto m* and fcriuL 

—John vii: 37. 

Whenever the thirst comes, go to 
Him; He will quench it. You will 
never come to Him with an honest 
thirst that He cannot quench; and when 
He quenches thirst, it will not be sim- 
ply the satisfaction of the present mo- 
ment, but, filling and flooding you, the 
river will rush to bless someone else. 



Sauuarg ©tie Kurt* xa turt Hlark ronrmting Ips ptamiat, 
VII na 00m* rmmt alotktxtaa; but xa Umgaufifertng 
tu gnu-aiari, turt arifiljiug tfyat aug bIjuuKi per- 
tfilf, but tljai all Btjauli rum* tu repntiattr*. 

—II. PKTERiii:9, R. V. 

The movements of God must never 
be measured by the slowness of a hu- 
man life, or by the inadequacy of an 
earthly almanac. Standing by that 



risen Man of Nazareth, each one put- 
ting trust in Him may say with rever- 
ence and holy fear, and yet with certainty 
and absolute boldness, My heart is 
glad, my tongue rejoices, my flesh also 
shall dwell in hope. 



2tyat tilt rmat man mag I|*ar, ani> inrmtH* in 3annarg 
teaming; anb tijat ttj* man nf nnterfitanirtng yjjj 
mag attain untn jennnii amnaflfc. 

— Proverbs i : 5, R. V. 



False culture has repeatedly at- 
tempted, with self-satisfied cynicism, to 
treat with indifference the Christ of 
God, only to find that He takes hold 
upon all the domain of true culture and 
rules supremely over it. 



January 3$tj*n iljuu pUBBtst tfjrnuglf % matars, 31 mill 
IX b* tuttlj it}**; an& tffrouglj ilj* rters, ttjnj sljaU 

— Isaiah xliii: 2. 

The river, the darkly flowing river — 
how men dread it ; and yet there is 
something more fearsome than the 
darkly flowing river. It is the mist 
that, rising from the river, wraps men 
round in its chill embrace until they do 
not know where they stand or where 
the river is. There is no agony for the 
human soul like that of silence. 



January Wt knnro ttjat tn ifjm tljat Inu* (Sn& all 
X itjings umrfe iogettjrr for gnufc. 

— Romans viii:28, R. V. 

Out of the pressure of tribulation we 
extract the new wine of the kingdom, 
and out of the deep, dark, death expe- 
rience, in which the devil sifts and tries, 
there breaks a new capacity and enlarged 
outlook, a new meaning in life, a new 
tone in speech. 



atyanka be tn (Snb mtytt gtttrtlj us tlj* trirtarg Sannarg 
tljnmgtj nnr Serb itesnfi Christ XI 

— I. Corinthians xv : 57, R. V. 

The victory of Jesus over temptation 
is victory over all the forces of hell ; 
and all men who, abandoned to His 
Lordship, abide in His will, must share 
His triumph. 



And 3 gtttr mtia tljrm rtrrnal lifr ; ani tljrg Jannarg 
aljall nrurr pmslj, nntl)rr sljall ang man plnrk ^-r-r 
tljrm mrt of mg Ijanb. 

—John x:28. 

When the work presses, and the bat- 
tle thickens, and the day seems long in 
coming, it is good for the heart to re- 
member that the present conflict is with 
defeated foes, and that there is no room 
for question as to the final issue ; for 
the Man of Nazareth is not only seated 
in the place of authority, but He carries 
forward the work of active adminis- 
tration. 



Jamtarg $* ar* * * * * tljat jj* maQ sljmti fitirttj iff* *x~ 
XIII ttWxxxt'xtB nf Ifim mlf** raUrt* gnu nut of fcarkn^aa 
tttta hta maroeUausi light 

—I. Peter ii: 9, R. V. 

A most important principle to be per- 
petually borne in mind by those who 
would fulfil the highest function of 
Church life is that the world w T aits for 
light, and the Church's only capacity 
for shedding the light is that she should 
live in the day which the face of Christ 
creates for her. 



Jamtarg Arte*, sljut*; for tljg Hgtjt xb mm*, attii % 
Xiv vfanyi of Jrijotiatf xb riBm upnn t\\tt. 

— Isaiah 1x:1, R. V. 

No church and no individual member 
of the church can fling across the dark- 
ness one ray or gleam of light, save as 
that church or that person lives in the 
sunshine created by the shining of His 
face. 



Bairhmau, tntiat uf ti?* ttigtit? matrtftnan. 3auuaru 
mliatnf tonight? XV 

— Isaiah xxi: 11. 

What of the night, O watchman, 

Set to mark the dawn of day ? 
The wind blows fair from the morning star, 

And the shadows flee away. 
Dark are the vales, but the mountains glow 

As the light its splendor flings, 
And the Stm of Righteousness comes up 

With healing in His wings. 

— W. Robertson Nicoll. 



Ijr tnaa ttmmtteii for our irauagrraauma, tje January 
maa bruiarti for our tmquitira; ilj* rfjaatta*m*ut XVI 
nf uur prar? ttras upnu litm; anii miitj tjta 
atripea vat are liralriL 

— Isaiah liii: 5. 

Oh, rough and rugged Cross of Cal- 
vary! We gather round thy stern sub- 
limity of suffering with our own hearts* 
agony, and find heart' s-ease. We come 
to thee with faces stained with tears, 
and in the strength of His victory our 
tears are wiped away, our sorrow is 
turned into joy. 



Jamtarg Wtynt xb gour life? 3far q* wet a mpnt ttfai 
XVII apprarrtl; for a littb itm*, anil tlf*ti tranistirtli 
attrag. 

— James iv: 14, R. V. 

Man comes and goes, a bubble on 
the stream on which for a few passing 
moments the lights and shadows play, 
and then is " forgotten as a dream dies 
at the opening day." 



January 3faar not ilj* iljingfl ttrfiirij tljau art about in 
XVIII Bitflfer. . . * 2fo iljuu fatttfful unfci teaitj an& 
3( tmll gin* ttyt itj* rrnttm uf life* 

— Revelation ii : 10, R. V. 

The life is the crown. What a won- 
drous light this flings back upon the 
process! This pressure of tribulation 
is not accidental and capricious. Out 
of the tribulation we shall have our tri- 
umph. Out of darkness we shall come 
to light. That is the whole philosophy 
of suffering. 



iftang mill sag tu m* in itjat bag, Unrii, £ur&, January 
irth me nut pruphesg bg ttjg name, anb hg tljg XIX 
nam* rasi nut iiemnns, anb hg tljjj nam* btt mang 
migljtg marks? Anb itj*n mill 3 profess nnta 
itjeut, 31 n*uer knetn gun. 

—Matthew vii:22, 23, R. V. 



Activity in the King's business will 
not make up for neglect of the King. 



SHjts is arreptable, if for runsmnr* tnmarft Sanuarg 
(Boh a man enimreth griefs, suffering mrnngfullg. xx 

—I. Peter ii: 19, R. V. 



There is no profounder proof of 
grace of character than that of being 
able to suffer wrongfully and yet to 
manifest a gracious spirit. 



ilatwarg ^g grar* xb sufficient for tiftt, for mg pernor 
XXI * H ma ^ P^frrt ™ m*aktt*00. 

— II. Corinthians xii: 9, R. V. 

All the wind that blows, the rain that 
splashes, the changes of atmosphere 
that tell upon the oak, are child's play 
compared to the mental anguish and 
heart-break that have swept across your 
life ; and yet you have endured. 



XXII 



j ammr g (gob formri* matt of ttj* imai of ilj* ground, 
attb brratljrb into Ijia nostrila tty? breatlf of Hfr, 
attb matt brramr a Ittring houL 

— Genesis ii:7. 

Nature touches God nowhere but in 
man. In that sense there is nothing of 
the Divine on the earth save man; and 
in the heaven that lies above us and 
the light that is beyond the shadow, 
there is nothing, so far as we know, of 
earth but man. 



gin afiall ttot Ifatie imminum iroer qou; for ge 3atutarg 
are ttnt uniter ttje lata, but un&er grare. XXIII 

Romans vi : 14. 

If you cannot be a Christian where 
you are, you cannot be a Christian any- 
where. It is not place, but grace. 



Neither mill 3 offer burttf-nffertngfi unto 3atmarg 
iMfmrati mg <gnb tulytrt| rost me nntljing. XXIV 

—II. Samuel xxiv:24, R. V. 



Sacrilege is centered in offering God 

something which costs nothing 

God looks for the giving at His altar 
of a gift that costs something. 



Samtarg WlfuiBixtVitt tfjittga nvt pur*, rotjatantfufr 
XXV tljinga nvt Urorlg, toIjatBO^urr tfftngs are nf 
gnnb report . . ♦ . tfjink on ilj^s? things* 

— Philippians iv:8. 



Everything that is pure and beauti- 
ful, in poetry, art, music and science, is 
the direct outcome of the unveiling of 

the Spirit of God All mental 

magnificence that is pure is an inspira- 
tion of the Spirit of God. 



Jamtarg Sljmt filjaU Ifatt* txa ntljrr gnite brfnre mt. 

YYVT — Exodus xx : 3. 



Every man needs a god. There is 
no man who has not, somewhere in his 
heart, in his life, in the essentials of his 
being, a shrine in which is a deity whom 
he worships. 



M 3f bdjrlii tlj* sun miftn it stjtnrii, or tij* Sanuarg 
ttuum malhing in brigtftn*ss, an& mg tjrart Ijattj XXVII 
tortt s*rr*tlg *ntir*fc .... ttfis alan mer* an 
iniquitg . ... fur 31 sljuuli tjau* itnxtb ttf* 
(gnh that is abuti*. 

— Job xxxi: 26-28. 



The flowers, the hills, the sunshine, 
the birds, are full of beauty, but no 
man ever reaches God through nature. 



Prps^ttt guar buifoa a lining sarrifir*, tjnlg, January 
arreptabl* tu <Su&, roljidj is gnnr spiritual XXVIII 
s*rmr*. 

— Romans xii: 1, R. V. 

The divine ideal for man is that he 
should be spiritual, and that his spirit- 
uality should be realized by the sur- 
charging of his whole being with the 
Spirit of God. 



Jannarg 3®* ttwht xmx pragrr unto our (&nb anb H*t a 
XXIX ttatrf? against %m bag anil nigljt 

— Nehemiah iv:9. 



The Church of God has never yet 
fully realized that the price of liberty 
is eternal vigilance. 



Sanuarg 5to mnnntatna anb tlf* Ijtlla sljall break forttf 
XXX brfnr* gnu into singing. 

—Isaiah lv: 12. 

I will trust Him to do what He 
promises, and lo! the desert is gone 
and the garden is here, the mountains 
are singing, the hills are uttering an an- 
them, the very leaves have begun their 
great applause, the brier is withering, 
and the myrtle is coming. 



£lt? mtig ti&uaUv, anil nur ffinrb Sraua QJtjrtHt Januarg 

— Jude 4, R. V. margin. XXXI 

We call you to no ignoble service 
when we call you to the King, but to 
serve the King you must kiss the scep- 
tre and own allegiance to Him. 



3lt ta tuii art taeibt manifest mtjat mt stjall bt . Jtebruaru 

—I. JoHNiii:2, R. V. I 



We cry out for the beyond. Hori- 
zons are always a menace to our peace. 
We crave the infinite. 

Then we shall be where we would be; 
Then we shall be what we should be ; 
Things which are not now, nor could be, 
Then shall be our own. 



Stebruarg ^ tn gjjaU 3J fetwm Mlg, tbtn aa nlw 3 maa 
II fullg kuatmu 

— I. Corinthians xiii: 12, R. V. 

The problems which vex us to-day, 
the perpetually recurring mysteries that 
demand repeated acts of faith — these 
will all find their answer, not so much 
in the process of teaching or revealing, 
"but in the vision of the Master Him- 
self." 



Jtebruarg 1 fyabe grt maug tfjtttga tn sag uttfai guu, but 
III B* ranturt tear %m tuim. 

— John xvi : 12. 



There are deep mysteries of life, and 
great and marvelous secrets, but you 
are not ready for their understanding. 



21 mill gte Iftm ttj* mnrmng star, 



Revelation ii : 28. 

We shall often walk in darkness. 
There will be many mysteries perplex- 
ing us. The burden we have is suffi- 
cient for the building of our character, 
for our growth in life, and ministry and 
work. The other things wait. Pres- 
ently He will give us the morning star. 



Jffrfintanj 



IV 



atyr Ban nf man is ram* to bum* iljai mt|trff Jfobntanj 
maa InaL V 

— Matthew xviii: 11. 

There is no type of failure that He 
has not taken hold of and remade. 



3 am tif? Hjjljt nf ilj* mnrlk 



— John viii: 12. 



Every gleam of light that is falling 
upon the darkness of men is part of the 
essential Light. 

" They are but broken lights of Thee, 
And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. " 



3fobntarg 

VI 



All dreams of a golden age have 
their inspiration in the gospel of the 
kingdom. 



3f?bmwcif A man b life tnttfitatrttj tutt in tlj* abmt&mr* 
VII flf fy? tljtngfi tulftrlj Ij* paBBtBBttif. 

— Luke xii : 15. 

The simple life is coming to be 
recognized sublime. Complexity and 
overwhelming luxury, in spite of them- 
selves, men are recognizing as vulgar. 



iFrbruarg ^ \ B tl|* prnpttiatum for aur bxxxb, ani* nnt 
VIII for ttxxrB imlg, but alsn for tij* bvxb nf % urfjai* 
ttrorlb. 

— I. John n: 2. 

To deny Christ is to deny atone- 
ment and to deny sin, and the only 
voice that denies these has learned its 
language and caught its tone in the 
deep things of Satan. 



(Snb is a spirit: ani thrg iljat nmrsljtp Ijtm Jrfirnarg 
must morfitftp in spirit anil trutlj. IX 

— John iv: 24, R. V. 

The true ideal of worship is that of 
man communing with God. Through 
what forms that worship expresses it- 
self is of little moment. Christ does 
not call the church at Sardis to abandon 
these, but to stablish them by making 
them instinct with life. 



JThnn bxbst Ijtto tljrfi* things from th* mxst Jrbrnar^ 

ani nntorstanMng. ^ „ v 

— Matthew xi:25, R. \ . ^ 

The keenest intellect and most cul- 
tured mind are unable to understand 
the mystery of redemption, and there- 
fore cannot explain it to others. Who- 
ever can say light has broken upon the 
Cross, and the eternal morning has 
dawned, is able to do so through the 
direct illumination of the Holy Spirit; 
and apart from that, there can be no 
witness and no service. 



SWrnrarg 

XI 



Sfa bit ta gain- 



— Philippians i: 21. 



Imagination is sometimes ahead of 
truth. Poetry guesses at more than 
prose ever fathoms. Follow out the 
thoughts, and everywhere, on the throne 
and amid the multitudes, what see you? 
Christ. That is why Paul stands and, 
notwithstanding Nero's threatened axe, 
says, "To die is gain." 



Stebnrarg 

XII 



5te me to lixtt xb QIIjriHt 



— Philippians i:21. 



Paul did not count that he had any 
life except the life which was named 
Christ. 



Wt iflttrnrjjrb . . . . and tnrnt through all Jrfmtarg 
thai grrat atti trrrtblr mtlirrnrss .... as XIII 
Jrhrroalj mtr <Snd rojmmmtob us. 

— D BUTI :. ; nomy i : 19, R. V. 

The divine government is a disturb- 
ing element. My duty is so to live that 
I shall be ready to be disturbed at any 
moment when God pleases. 



3f artg man arror mr, lrt Ijim folium mr. Jrbruarg 

— John xii : 26. xr t y 

You say the path is thorny and 
rough. Tramp it ; for, mark you, you 
will find that wherever you put your 
foot upon a thorn, another foot has 
been there first and taken off the 
sharpness. 



3fahnrarg g ^ tyw& nf ttj** bg tlte faring nf it}* *ar; 
XV but twm mitt* *g* H^rtlj tttr*. 

— JoBxlii:5, R. V 

Nothing's small ! 
No lily-muffled hum of a summer bee 
But finds some coupling with the spinning 

stars; 
No pebble at your foot but proves a sphere ; 
No chaffinch but implies the cherubim. 

Earth 's crammed with heaven, 
And every common bush afire with God; 
But only he who sees takes off his shoes — 
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries. 
— Mrs. E. B. Browning. 



iFebruarg (gifts irtffmttg anrnrtottg in tlf* grarr that tH 
XVI gtttnt tn \xb. 



— Romans xii : 6. 



The varieties create harmonies. H ar- 
mony is a concord of differences. 



3 {jam* bttn trvpxfob milt? GJtjrtHt Jrfmtarg 

— Galatians ii : 20, R. V. XVII 

The man who preaches the Cross 
must be a crucified man. You may 
preach the Cross and it is nothing but 
a Roman gibbet unless you preach it 
from yourself. It is the crucified man 
that can preach the Cross. 



Star, mb rtter into ilj* rltg, ntxh « atjetll b* Sfabruarg 
tola tbi* tohat iI}0U muHt to. _ XVIII 

— Acrsix:6, R. V. 

It does not necessarily follow that 
when the light falls upon the spirit of 
man, he understands the source of the 
light. The light is the first fact ; the 
undeistanding of the source follows. 



Irijnli, 3f Bteni at % itanr anil fetwrk. 3tebruarg 

— Revelation iii : 20. XIX 

Shall we not swing the heart's door 
widely open that He may come in, to 
work in us "both to will and to work 
for His good pleasure" ? 



3Mintarg 
XX 



Sty* murmttg rnmrtlf. 



-Isaiah xxi: 12. 



The signs of the times are such as 
reveal the power of spirituality side by 
side with the development of evil; but, 
thank God, beyond the night that 
comes is the larger day and gladder age 
for man. 



iFtfmtarg 31 rijarg* tljr*, tlftttftir?, btfar? (Snb . * * * 
vyt ptmth th* mnrb. 

AAi —II. Timothy iv: 1, 2. 



If you are preaching an evangel with 
no vision of the Lord Christ, it is 
emasculated. If you are preaching an 
evangel without the value of His death, 
it is anaemic. If you are preaching an 
evangel with no virtue in it, it is senti- 
mental. If you are preaching an evan- 
gel with no victory, it is hopeless. 



3f tvtx matt spak* life* tljts matt. Stebrttanj 

— John vii:46. XXII 

Whatever may be uncertain about 
Christ, it must at least be conceded 
that He has revealed to men the high- 
est ideal of human life which the world 
has ever seen. 



3tt th* brgttttttttg ttraa tlj* Wavh. 3tebrmtrtj 

-JoHNi:l. xxm 

The Word of God sounded over the 
chaotic earth; and, in response to that 
Word, there arose order, beauty — 
everything that we see to-day, only in 
its perfection. 



Ifrbnsarg Jatitf is asBuranre of itjutga Ijoprii for, a 
XXIV nmmrttou of iljUtga not Bmu 

— Hebrews xi: 1, R. V. 



When sacred things lose power, pre- 
cious things lose blessing. When faith 

is dead, hope becomes dread 

The promise which produced a thrill of 
joy becomes a thought of terror to the 
men who have fallen out of harmony 
with the Lord and Master. 



jfobruanj ®fl& aturintrfc 3raua of NazaMt? tmtfj tit* 

xxv 5i [j} (gljnHt anb tmth pouinr: ttrfjn uumi about 

luring gooit 



— Acts x: 38. 



No Christian man has any right to 
attempt to create saintliness of charac- 
ter by hiding himself from the activities 
of everyday life. 



Ollfrtfit pkam* turt Ijimfirif. SWintarg 

— Romans xv: 3. 

XX Y I 

The man who does as he likes is the 
greatest slave. The man who never 
does as he likes is God's free man. 

Christ alsn BufEtrtb for its • • • • ittai a* ifobruarg 
slinuft fclUmi Ijts steps. XXVII 

— I. Peter ii : 21. 

As you look at the pathway you will 
think that it is a hard one ; but as you 
begin to tread it you will find that He 
is with you, and every step is leading 
you into finer air, and larger life, and 
more infinite possibilities. 



£fat mg mill, but tltttt*, h* bant. 3tebraar£ 

— LuKExxii:42. XXVIII 

God will not come and help men to 
do their work. He asks that they 
should give themselves to Him for the 
doing of His work. 



iF rbrnarg 31 teltgtjt in btx tljg tmll, ® mg (gob. 

XXIX -Psalm xl: 8. 

The will of God should be the su- 
preme matter, beyond the doing of 
which the soul should have no anxiety. 



iHarrlj Qttp grass tmilj*rrtlj, % ftnmrr fateilj, b?- 
j rauHr tlyr breatlj nf JWjmialj blntnrttj upon it. 

— Isaiah xl: 7, R. V. 

He brings death as a process and a 
necessity. The pitiless east wind has 
in it the breath of health. 

Welcome, wild Northeaster! 

Shame it is to see 
Odes to every zephyr, 

Ne'er a verse to thee. 

Through the black fir forest 

Thunder harsh and dry, 
Scattering down the snowflakes 

Off the curdled sky. 

Come, and strong within us 

Stir the Viking's blood, 
Bracing brain and sinew; 

Blow, thou wind of God. 

— C. Kingsley. 



Sty* Wttth bttmnt fl*fitj atti* &tm>li amuttg ua iKarrtj 
(aufc hi* tettrifc ttta giunj, glunj as uf ttj* nttlg jj 
foguttat frum th* Jailer), full of grar* mxb 

— John i: 14, R. V. 

We challenge the world to-day, and 
we say that Jesus of the New Testa- 
ment, the Jesus of virgin birth, the vir- 
tuous life, the vicarious dying, and the 
victorious resurrection, stands amid this 
age, with all its fierce light, its boasted 
civilization, and its new psychology, 
facile princeps, the crowned Lord, be- 
cause of the supernal glory of His own 
character. 



JFhr timra nf tgtuiraur* tftrrrfnr* (5nb ntt*r- iHarrtj 
InnkriK; but tuna h* rammautetlt m*u . . . . m 

— AcTSxvii:30, R. V. 

Ruin of human life is always the 
issue of false attempts to satisfy its 
legitimate claims. 



(Bcb fttxbxb iljat 31 Bfyxmlb gUmj sate in fy* 
j y ttuBB of our fSnrii 3*bus (ttljrisk 

— Galatians vi : 14. 

O wondrous Cross ! Therein sin re- 
jected the King and grace crowned 
Him. Therein sin destroyed the Priest, 
and grace, through the Priest, made 
atonement. Therein sin silenced the 
voice of the Prophet, and grace caught 
up the message and repeated it to all 
the race, for a new law of life and love. 



iHarrh Itt m* . . . . fcmrilrtlf tto gavb tf|tttg- 

— Romans vii : 18. 



V 



3n Iftm imiriklli all flj* fultwsn nf tift (goMjeaiL 

— Colossians ii : 9. 

We are to tell men we fail, but the 
One Who never failed took our place. 
You cannot get away from the words 
11 vicarious atonement." 



3far, brijnia, tl?* tog rnttutfl?, U burnrllt as a Ularrlf 
furnare. „ TT vi 

— Malachi iv : 1, R. V. 

What men shall catch daybreak first? 
Not the men who are wicked and are 
to be as stubble, but the watchers on 
the mountains — souls who have been 
tired of the apostate age and have been 
saying, " Lord, come, come!" They 
first will see the break of day, and to 
them its rosy tints will bring healing. 



Eau* . . . . sr*krtlt not \Xb ntmt. iflarrtj 

— I. Corinthians xiii:4, 5, R. V. y Ti- 

lt is SO easy to judge love by the 
partial realization of it that has come 
within our consciousness. We love 
those who love us, those who please us, 
those who like us ; and at the root of 
all this, in the last analysis, there is but 
a refined form of selfishness. 



IHarrfj Sfjai g* mag bz mna nf gnur 3Fatlj*r mlfn is 
VIII tit Ijeatmt; for tj* matetlj tjta autt to vxb? nn tlj^ 

rtnl ani iff* gnnb, an& snttetl? rain ntt tlf^ juai 

anil ilj* unjust 

— Matthew v:45, R. V. 



The thorn and the lily both live in 
the same soil, in the same atmosphere. 
Both receive the same ministry from 
without, and yet how different the result. 



Muvtif 3n Ijxm maa lift; ani ttje life maa ttf* Hgtjt 

IX ttf mttL 

— John i: 4. 

The first meaning of this statement 
is that the living Word of God, the 
eternal Christ, is the center and source 
of all life. But it also suggests that 
in man life was different from life any- 
where else ; in man life became light. 



31 mill ram* again, ani> roro* Qnu unto mgarlt UJarrI| 

— Johnxiv:3. __ 



As sure as God is, the hidden Man 
Christ Jesus, the King Whom the 
heavens have received for a season, 
must come again, and the light and 
glory of this promise is the hope of the 
Church. 



fHu ftaxb anb mg (SniL ^ Marrh 

— John xx : 28. 

XI 

The Lordship of Jesus is the basis of 
all Christian life. The Christian graces 
and virtues all spring from the recogni- 
tion of that Lordship, and from abso- 
lute surrender thereto. 



5ty* natural man rrrrtnrttj nnt tlj* things nf 
XII ttj* spirit nf (Sail: fur tltrg arr fntfiijstjnrafi nn- 
tn Ijtm; nritljrr ran Ijr knmn ttfrm, brrauHr tljrg 
ar* fipiritnallg hiarrrnriL 

— I. Corinthians ii: 14. 

Intellect divorced from Deity deals 
only with dust. Take all scientific in- 
vestigation and it is but the investiga- 
tion and tabulation of material things. 



iHarrh ^ fiil*& t&itlj Ujr ktumrtrbgr nf Ijia mill in all 

XIII tttiatottt a*tf* fipfritnai nn&rrBtandtng. 



— Colossians i: 9. 



You only discover the will of God as 
you obey it the moment you do dis- 
cover it. 



XV 



l&t g* tfjrrrfon* reaiig alan : fnr tlf* £on nf Ularrlj 
man ramrtlf at an tjnnr mlj*n g* iljinfc xwL xiV 

— Luke xii : 40. 

God never fore-announces His exam- 
inations What you are flashes 

out when you do not know anyone is 
likely to be watching you critically. 



(Bub Bath, Urt tifnt b? ltgljt 

— Genesis i:3. 

God works in all things ; all obey 
His first propulsion from the night ; 

Wake thou and watch ! the world is grey 
With morning light. 

— J. G. Whittier. 



(Slnrtfg gnnr Jailjrr mljtrlj is in Ijrattnu Hard? 

— Matthew v: 16. vvt 

No tinge of brightness can you put 
upon the beauty of His character, no 
greater fullness of love can you give. 
How then can I glorify Him? God is 
glorified in the perfect realization on 
the part of His people of all the gra- 
cious purposes of His love for them. 



iiarrfj ^m 3 m g bratti^r'a tetptv? 

XVII -Genesis iv: 9. 

God safeguards the life of each by 
making all responsible for the lives of 
individuals. 



iMarrf! (g^ 9J >H*ratum 0t?all prats? tlje ttrorka tn 
XVIII atw%r. n . . 

—Psalm cxlv:4. 

God fulfills himself in many ways. 
In every new awakening there are fresh 
manifestations of God, new unfoldings 
of truth meeting requirements of the 
age. 



If ram mrrlaattttg fat *tt*rlafittttg tfjott art 0S0&. ffluttli 

—Psalm xc : 2. v 7 v- 

Nothing is more restful to the heart 
of man than the sense of the eternity of 
God. The thought is utterly beyond 
our perfect comprehension, for the mind 
of man cannot grasp the thought of 
eternity. The very fact, however, of 
our inability to do so is the reason of 
the security we feel when we remember 
that God is Himself eternal. 



Brpari from m*; for 31 am a sinful matt, jHarrlj 

© iCnrk vv 

— Luke v: 8. AA 

A man stands erect until he sees the 
vision of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
then he is afraid until he sees the value 
of the cross of Christ. 



lEtienj man's mark sfyall b* mate manifest; 
XXI f 0r **?* ^ a B fi ^ a ^ terlar* it; bwaus* it stjall bt 
ttvtnlth bg fire. 

— I. Corinthians iii : 13. 

There is a tree planted by the river. 
The running stream waters its roots, 
and the summer sunshine falling upon 
it makes it spring to green and beauty; 
and here is a field of stubble; and the 
same sun that touches the tree by the 
river to beauty, burns the stubble with 
its scorching rays. 



iJJarrb $* ar* mg rottn*ss*s. 

— Isaiah xliii: 10. 
XXII 



The only reason why those born 
again of the Spirit are left in the world 
is that they may be His witnesses. 



flltn tlyat ffatie Jja2arbri)i Utrtr Ultra far ilj* fHarrfj 
nam* nf nur Enrii 3^h«b GUyrist. XXIII 

— Acts xv:26. 



A man who was not already a martyr 
never laid down his life for truth. The 
noble army of martyrs died, not to be- 
come martyrs, but because they were 
martyrs. 



Iff 3 btetttm all mg gnnfta tn fttb tl|* troor Uiarrfj 
. . . . but Ijati* tint Uro*, it prafiirtli m* untying* XXI V 

— I. Corinthians xiii:3, R. V. 

If our gifts are bestowed that we 
may be kept square with duty, they are 
utterly refused in heaven. But if they 
express a sacrifice and a sympathy, 
though they be but small according to 
the arithmetic of men, they are counted 
of great worth in that temple where 
gifts are valued according to the giver. 



iHarrlf Nn man ran sag, 3*bub is Kuril, but in % 

XXV ^Ms spirit .. „ ^ Tr 

A A v ' 3 r — I. Corinthians xii : 3, R. V. 



Men can only live the life that is in 
harmony with the teaching of Christ as 
they are possessed and energized by 
the Holy Spirit of God. 



iHarrh $* must b* barn an*m* m n Tr 

f —John in: 7, R. V. 

XXVI 



Times have not altered human na- 
ture, nor have they changed the essen- 
tial character of Christianity. 



JSttatsn^tirr xb nnt nf fatttj xb situ HJarrl} 

— Romans xiv: 23. XXVII 

If there comes into my life as a 
Christian a question as to whether 
some action is right or wrong, and I 
continue in it, while yet doubtful con- 
cerning it, I am sinning, because my 
action is "not of faith." 



&p*ak utttn ttjm all ttjat 3 rnmmani tittt. ilarrfj 

— Jeremiah i: 17. X XVIII 

No man can be a messenger of the 
Master and the Church save as he is 
held in the right hand of Jesus and in- 
terprets, not his own idea concerning 
the Church's well-being, nor the 
Church's wish concerning its function, 
but the will of the Master. 



Mwctif <gnii fob ptnw Abraham. 

XXIX — Genesis xxii: 1, R. V. 

The fact that " God did prove Abra- 
ham " is in itself suggestive. He con- 
fers honor where He proves. He did 
not prove Lot. Sodom did that. God 
proves the man who is proof against 
Sodom. 



Mnttlj 5k*p tiygarif purr. 

r r23 —I. Timothy v: 22. 

XXX 

We constantly attempt to comfort 
our hearts with the idea that we can 
manipulate the results of sin so as to 
make them less hard to bear, and then 
have to prove through long and bitter 
experience that it is not so. There is 
only one moment in which we can save 
ourselves from sin, that is before we 
commit it. 



EatirHi tljfltt mt mtxvt itfan tljra*? 

—John xxi : 15. XXXI 

As long as hope is set upon service 
it is not fixed upon Christ, and He 
should hold full and absolute possession 
of our hearts. Our lives may be so 
occupied with things good in them- 
selves that we do not see the King. 



I 



ffi? Ijau* a bml&tng nf <Sn&, an Ijoub^ tint April 
mate tmilf tjaniiH, rtmtal in lift tjraurna. 

— II. Corinthians v:1. 

In the eternity of God, time has but 
one significance — it is perpetually and 
unceasingly " Now." 

Not built with hands is that fair radiant 
chamber 

Of God's untroubled rest, 
Where Christ awaits to lay His weary-hearted 

In stillness on His breast. 

O Home of God, my Father's joy and glad- 
ness, 
O riven Veil, whereby I enter in ! 
There can my soul forget the grave, the 
weeping, 
The weariness and sin. — T. S. M. 



April Ijop* tfjtftt itt (80k far 3 alfail grt prate? Ijutu 

i-T — PsALMxlii:5. 

We live in the springtime of spiritual 
things, because Jesus died and rose. 
The summer and the autumn are not 
yet. The sunlit glory and golden fruit- 
age are our hope, but they come 
through this awakening of the spring. 
Our winter is over. It had its place 
and value, that long, dreary stretch of 
the centuries, in which for the earth at 
least the only color was that of pro- 
phetic pictures and the singing of that 
constrained and imprisoned psalmist. 



Qtynu rat*m*0i Uyr far* ttf tl|r rarilj. April 

—Psalm civ: 30. Ill 

Wherever I look over old Mother- 
Earth to-day there are signs and sounds 
of Spring. Wherever I look o'er all 
the race that long in darkness lay, there 
is light upspringing, and the music and 
the might of life are everywhere. 



Abtite in mr. April 

— John xv : 4. 

We carry our atmosphere with us if 
we abide in Christ by the indwelling 
Spirit, and so rare and sunlit is it that 
all the sombreness of the season does 
but create background for its revelation. 



April $* ar* lift Hgtft nf ilj* umrliL 

— Matthew v : 14. 



V 



This is one of the most precious 
values of our relationship to Christ. 
On the dreariest drab we may cast the 
golden shining of our Sun, until the 
very drab yields up its hidden secret of 
brown, which is, after all, only veiled 
sunlight; on the most cold grey we 
may cast a warmth of light that shall 
enfold it until the possibility of a blue 
is found therein. 



April Wl}t*m not Ijatrtttg firm a* law * * . - gri br- 
yj liriring, %t rrjairr grratlg tuttlf jug unspeakable 

—I. Peter i: 8, R. V. 

Submission to the King involves the 
finding of the mystic key that opens 
every avenue of pure delight, for in His 
will the powers which He in love 
created are no longer prostituted to 
ignoble purposes, but serve the purpose 
of that love creation. 



IJr ouglft la sag, 3Jf ttt* £ori> mill, tot Bljall April 
Kb*, anil ita ttjtB or tltat VTT 

—James iv. 15. v x± 

One might, perchance, make a pro- 
gram for one's own life for a week, if 
one knew all that could possibly happen 
within that week. Seeing, however, 
that that knowledge does not extend to 
the next minute, the folly of a self- 
governed life becomes apparent. 



Etrrtt bo tit? things of (Sob knotortlj no man, April 
but tift Spirit of (Sob* VTTT 

— I. Corinthians ii: 11. v 111 

As it is the Spirit of God Who 
knows the things of God, it must of 
necessity be the Spirit Who unveils and 
reveals those things, so much as is nec- 
essary and possible, to those outside 
the marvelous and mysterious circle of 
the Deity. 



April Atti itj* tarty maa must? anil xmib, mb fcark- 

IX tteaa ttraa ltpan % far* of tf?r irrp, an& X\\t 

spirit nf (Snb mottr b upnn tlj* farr nf % tttatara. 

— Genesis i: 2, R. V. 



The Holy Spirit is the Creator of 
beauty. He is revealed in the garnish- 
ing of the heavens, in the blue of the 
day, and in the darkness of night with 
all the splendors of stars scattered in 
profusion across it. 



April 5fappg ia tljat pwpl* m^txBt (Sci* ia tfj* Cork 

Y — Psalm cxliv: 15. 

God has one will for all of us. It is 
that we should be happy. Our happi- 
ness, then, is dependent upon our being 
wholly within that will. 



SJakr ifttb anb btxxmtt of tty? battrn nf tlj* April 
tylfwciBttB ani nf tlj* &aMiurn>0- XI 

— Matthew xvi : 6. 



It is always but a step from formal- 
ism to rationalism, and if external 
things lack internal force they them- 
selves will crumble to decay. 



SbBuri* bt ti^t (Bob . . . . m\\n ♦ . . • b*gai April 
vlb again anin a lining Ijop^ ytt 

—I. Peter i: 3, R. V. ^ J " L 

Mists lie all along the valleys, but we 
may flash upon them glory from the 
upper heights until they become purple 
with hope, until they melt in the com- 
ing of morning. 



April iig <g fc Htjall aupplg all gaitr ttfriL 

XIII Philippians iv:19. 

There is no heart hunger but that 
He can satisfy, and no need but that 
He can meet most perfectly. 

' Those who trust Him wholly 
Find Him wholly true." 



April Wtyzl 3 ha tym* ktuxmtst turt nam; but tljmt 

Xtv *l|*tt feturai hereafter. 

AiV — ToHNxiii:7. 

God comes into your life and dis- 
turbs you, breaks up your plans and 
extinguishes your hopes, the lights that 
have lured you on. He spoils every- 
thing. What for? That He may get 
you on His wings and teach you the 
secret forces of your own life, and lead 
you to higher development and higher 
purposes. 



2ty* flotn^ra appear an tift rartfj* April 

— Canticles ii: 12. yv 



Flower in the crannied wall, 

I pluck you out of the crannies ; — 

Hold you here, root and all, in my hand, 
Little flower — but if I could understand 

What you are, root and all, and all in all, 
I should know what God and man is. 

— Tennyson. 



Sfymt Bljatt frar Oft £nrfc tl?g (Sob, an& April 

Bzvvt Ijtou XVI 

— Deuteronomy vi: 13. 



Whenever a man stops short of that 
face-to-face worship of the Eternal God, 
he is working ruin to his own character, 
because he is breaking the command- 
ment of God. 



April $ram ttigtj tn (60b, attfc It* mill ftram mgtf 

XVII tagmi. . 

— James iv:8. 

Without priest, prophet, or preacher, 
man can go right into the presence of 
God and worship Him. 



April STtrtB ia tb* mill nf (60ft, txttn gour sanr- 

XVIII tificatimt. 

— I. Thessalonians iv:3. 

Let us cultivate our own life accord- 
ing to the will of God. The neglect or 
destruction of any side of our nature 
dishonors God and robs the common- 
wealth of a contribution it has a right 
to expect from us. 



April 38ui tbfttt ifi a spirit in man, anh ttj* brrattt at 

XIX *k* Almiglrtg gifettj tlf*m unirrfitanMng. 

— Job xxxii: 8, R. V. 

All pure genius is inspired, not in the 
same degree as the Scriptures, because 
not for the same purpose, but by the 
same Person. 



Stead? m* tn to tljg tntU; fnr tl^mt art mg (&nb. April 

—Psalm cxliii : 10. XX 

Man's will is paralyzed, robbed of its 
glory and magnificence, save as he has 
opportunity to use it. 



firiumttutg fy* ttatr. April 

— Ephesians v: 16. 

XXI 

The consecration of time is sadly 
neglected. We are ready to consecrate 
material possessions and gifts bestowed, 
but are often careless of our time. 



Spot g* vtv? aturtlj*r*s burfoms, anil bxx fulfil April 
ttfp lam of GUfriBt XXII 

— Galatians vi : 2. 

Let us remember that God's call 
comes to us most often and most con- 
tinuously through the needs of men. 
.... Every burden we help to bear 
will prove us in partnership with Him 
Who is ever calling men to roll their 
burdens on Him. 



April lfflf*r*far* rnmfart on* attfltljfr tmttj tlitB? 

XXIII ttmr&L 

— I. Thessalonians iv: 18. 



When presently all the tribulation is 
passed, and the painful processes of the 
little while are over, and the last grim 
pressure ceases, then we shall be crowned 
with life, then we shall know the mean- 
ing of life. 



April Ab mattj} aa walk arrnrirtng in tljia rulr, 

XXIV P*ar* b* on tljem, anb mmg. 

— Galatians vi: 16. 

Christ came to create, not a creed, 
not a formula of doctrine, not a profes- 
sion in orthodoxy which may become 
the most veritable heterodoxy, but — 
character. 



•9 ramr tljat tljrg mag t?an* life, anJn mag tyatie April 
it abnnfcantlg. yyv 

—John x: 10, R. V. AAV 

His dying is the pathway of deliver- 
ance for those who at the Cross turn 
from the things the Cross condemns, to 
put their trust in Him. Such He leads 
by the way of the Cross to the broad 
life that stretches away on the other 
side. 



[jn Ifis omtt H*lf bar* our bxxib in tfis ba&g April 
upan ttjr trrr, tltat tur, Ijauing bxtb until sins, XXVI 
might liur nnta rightrnnsnrsfi ; bg mljOBr stripra 
nr mrrr hralrb. 

—I. Peter ii : 24, R. V. 

The inevitable issue of sin is death. 
Sin committed cannot be undone by 
sorrow, or by promise of amendment. 
Sowing demands the harvest. It can- 
not possibly be avoided. Before man 
can be delivered from the slavery of 
sin, the penalty of sin must be borne. 



April 3$fjro If* ajaratteb up an tftgtf, If* bin t apiimtg 
XXVII JfapKw, attft gau* gifts mtta mm 

— Ephesians iv:8. 

The King has accomplished the Ex- 
odus ! Are we living in the bondage, or 
in freedom? The answer to this ques- 
tion will be found in the answer to 
another. Have we yet come into the 
place of trusting identification with 
Him in His CrossJ? If so, then for us 

"Bars are riven, 
Foes are driven," 

and our bondage is at an end. 



April 

XXVIII 



31 am iff* ttBUtttttitm, ani* tlj* ltfr. 

— John xi: 25. 

The living risen Christ is the Center 
of the Church's creed, the Creator of 
her character, and the Inspiration of 
her conduct. His resurrection is the 
clearest note in her battle-song. It is 
the sweetest, strongest music amid all 
her sorrows. It speaks of personal sal- 
vation. 



(§ teaih, miftrt xb ttjo sting? © gratis, April 
mhttt ta tlig trirtnrg? XXIX 

— I. Corinthians xv: 55. 

Christ's resurrection promises the 
life that has no ending, it declares to 
all bereaved souls that "them also who 
are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring 
with him," and therefore the light of 
His resurrection falls in radiant beauty 
upon the graves where rest the dust of 
the holy dead. 



®hr frUnt&Htftp nf tita Baffmnga. April 

— Philippians in: 10. vw 

There was a moment when Paul be- 
came absolutely independent, and he 
wrote these words declaring his inde- 
pendence, "Hereafter let no man trouble 
me." " What makes you independent, 
Paul?" " I bear in my body the brands 
of the Lord Jesus." And you and I 
will only begin to know what it is to 
serve God when we have touched the 
point of sacrifice. 



#r Bljali 31 gn frnm tljg spirit? nr 
I tni|ttlfrr aljaU 3f He* from lljg prtBttttt? 

— Psalm cxxxix : 7. 



In every gleam of the glory of 
nature there is the evidence of an ever- 
present God. 



Fair are the flowers and the children, but 
their subtle suggestion is fairer; 

Rare is the rose-burst of dawn, but the 
secret that clasps it is rarer ; 

Sweet is the exultance of song, but the 
strain that precedes it is sweeter; 

And never was poem yet writ, but the mean- 
ing outmaster'd the metre. 

Great are the symbols of being, but that 

which is symboll'd is greater; 
Vast the create and beheld, but vaster the 

inward Creator; 
Back of the sound broods the silence, back 

of the gift stands the giving ; 
Back of the hand that receives, thrill the 

sensitive nerves of receiving. 






Space is as nothing to Spirit, the deed is 

outdone by the doing; 
The heart of the wooer is warm, but warmer 

the heart of the wooing; 
And up from the pits where these shiver, and 

up from the heights where those shine, 
Twin voices and shadows swim starward, 

and the essence of life is divine. 

— Richard Realf. 



&*parat* m* IBarttabafi anb &md far ilf* mark ilag 

— Acts xiii : 2. 



God is seen choosing men fitted to 
the times for the accomplishment of 
work, the full value of which the rolling 
centuries alone declare. Let us take 
heart, knowing that perhaps the deep- 
est meaning of what we do to-day will 
only be known and felt in the distant 
future. 



ffinrb, roljat mitt tfjfltt If afar m* tn ibo? 

ttt — Acxsix:6. 

To-day a man is in the sphere where 
God has put him, and on every hand 
God is graciously setting His seal upon 
the work He has given him to do. But 
the Divine voice comes : " Ye have tar- 
ried long enough. " That work must 
be dropped. All its hallowed associa- 
tions must be left behind, and all the 
tender ties that have become entwined 
around the heart .... must be snapped. 



Hag JUaalf mt Hjornugljlg from mitt* iniquity, unit 

7v tltamt ttt* frnm ttttt Bttu 

— Psalm li: 2, R. V. 

Abandonment to God is not merely 
the act of enlisting as soldiers to fight 
battles — that is a secondary matter. It 
is first abandonment of self to the 
Spirit of God, that He may purify and 
cleanse from everything that is unlike 
His own perfection of beauty. 



iff tljnit kn*m?0t ti\t gift vf (Sab, mb mtf it ia iHag 
tljai sattli tn tljrc, (Sitf* m? tn brink; thou y 
wttxdbtBt lyatte aHk*& of tjim, anil if* wnnifc tjaue 
giwn llj** Hiring matm 

— John iv: 10. 

He still gives the living water, enters 
into and heals personal sorrows, com- 
municates virtue to distressed souls, 
transforms into beauty the most diffi- 
cult and perplexing characters, and 
deals with exquisite tenderness with 
those who, trusting Him, have not yet 
perfectly understood Him. 



Say unin &ag utfrrrtij spmlj, and nigijt unta JHag 
ntgljt alftrnttty knmnlr&g*. yj 

— Psalm xix: 2. 

The Bible itself does not exhaust 
Him, and in every successive age He 
creates new records of His grace in the 
experiences of trusting souls. He is 
able to do this in you and for you .... 
for He is the exhaustless One. 



Mag By am nm tfjrfi* ttjinga br? 

— John in: 9. 
VII 

The first steps may be taken in the 
dark without seeing a reason, but take 
them, and you begin to see the wisdom, 
and tenderness, and compassion, and 
love of God. 



j&rrk g* finst ilj* kingbnm af (Sob, ani Ijta 
VIII rigiftrottanraH. 

— Matthew vi : 33. 

Obedience is the first thing. In the 
beginning, seek first the kingdom, and 
when the soul seeks the kingdom by 
obeying the King, the soul discovers 
the Father, and discovering the 
Father obeys more readily, and obey- 
ing more readily, has a larger revela- 
tion which makes obedience easy and 
the horizon greater. 



3Hpm Bfyalt km* ilj* IGori* iljt} (Bob tmtl| all 

—Matthew xxii : 37. 

God is calling for the investiture of 
form with power, and the one power 
which God recognizes is that of love. 
.... The preacher is to preach and 
the worker to work, not to give God a 
mechanical quantity, but in response to 
love. 



*% MS want Bljall g* tm mot? profatt* tmtlj 
mux ntfta. y 

— Ezekielxx:39, R. V. A 

Gifts presented to God by hands that 
are impure, are themselves impure, for 
God only receives the gift according as 
He has received the giver. The offer- 
ing that we bring to God is the true 
expression of the value at which we 
appraise the altar. 



in tfxa itm*a \\t jsljall Btym, mfytt is it;* bbaari* 
XI ani onlg |l0t*nfette, % King nf kings. 

— I. Timothy vi: 15. 



We believe that the King is doing 
work preparatory to His coming. He 

is gathering out His Church 

The light of this truth falls upon the 
chaos and unrest of our age — arming of 
nations, mutual distrust, "wars, and 
rumors of wars/' Man is failing in 
governmental power, and the hope of 
the world is that Jesus will come to rule 
within the lines of His own royal 
policy. 



QJottlttm* ttjou iti ii\t ttjtngs uiljtrl? tljnu l?aHt iHag 
l?artu>& anil Irast brm assart nt ktumring of xil 
tutfnm tijnu Ijaat Irarnrfc ttjrm. 

—II. Timothy iii: 14. 

To lose the Christ of virgin birth, 
and virtuous life, and vicarious death, 
and victorious resurrection, is to lose 
the New Testament. And the reverse 
is true. To lose the New Testament 
is to lose that Person. The Christ of 
Christianity and the Christ of the New 
Testament are one. 



$at mt are l?t0 mnrkmanBljtp, rreairb ttt iHag 
GUjrifit SltsvLB far gaa& marks- XIII 

— Ephesians il: 10, R. V. 

The age knows well, notwithstanding 
all its small criticism of the inconsist- 
ency of individual Christians, that the 
Church stands, a shining light, reveal- 
ing to the world the possibility of high- 
est heroism in all such as are loyal to 
the King. Human history affords no 
parallel in glory and strength of empire. 



i&ag H1|0 gan* tftmarif fnr tta, tifai lj* mtglft r*- 

XIV &mn MB from all iniquity, anb purifg uttta fyim- 

H*lf a pwpb far tjia attm pnaaraaum. 

— Titus ii: 14, R. V. 

These facts concerning Christ are 
not merely indisputable, they are un- 
disputed. There is to be found no 
man of intelligence, or woman either, 
who denies the glory of His ideal, His 
ability to redeem, the marvel of His 
rule, or the certainty of His power to 
restore. 



Sftj* &ag nf tli* iCnr& ia at I|anb. 

— Isaiah xiii: 6. 

The Day of the Lord is at hand, at hand ! 

Its storms roll up the sky ; 
The nations sleep starving on heaps of gold; 

All dreamers toss and sigh; 
The night is darkest before the morn ; 
When the pain is sorest the child is born, — 

And the Day of the Lord at hand. 



XV 



Who would sit down and sigh for a lost age 
of gold, 
While the Lord of all ages is here? 
True hearts will leap up at the trumpet of 
God, 
And those who can suffer, can dare. 
Each old age of gold was an iron age, too, 
And the meekest of saints may find stern 
work to do, 
In the Day of the Lord at hand. 

— C. Kingsley. 



Sty* %ttrb xb King for mr an& tvtt. 

— Psalm x: 16. XVI 

The history of human sin is the his- 
tory of man's attempt to deny the 
Divine Kingship, and to resist its 
claims. In spite of all this terrible his- 
tory of rebellion and failure, God has 
not resigned His throne, He has not 
abandoned His sceptre, He has not 

yielded the reins of government 

His right to reign does not depend up- 
on the vote of a crowd. 



<gnb gttirtti it a bafcg m« as it pi*aH*d Ijmu 
XVII an & **> * ar t? B ^ a b ^H °f tt * 0mtu 

— I. Corinthians xv:38. R. V. 



Take a seed and hold it in the hand — 
strange little seed, without beauty, the 
very embodiment of weakness. But 
within that husk, in which the human 
eye detects no line of beauty or grace, 
no gleam or flash of glory, there lie the 
eoreeous colors and magnificent flower 
itself. From that seed, through pro- 
cesses of law, plant and bud proceed, 
until at last the perfect blossom is 
formed. 






Swing it xb (Snfc, tlxat saii>, IGigtft Htyall slfin* 
nut nf ftarknesH, roljn stflttrb in nnr If^arte, to XVI 1 1 
gin* tift ligtjt nf tljr knmnlriige nf tlj* glnrg nf 
(&ob in ti\t fare nf Jrsns QHprist 

— II. Corinthians iv: 6, R. V. 

How often, even amid the shadows 
of the little while, the faces of the saints 
are seen lit with the light of the in- 
ward glory. Those who, indeed, would 
shine amid the darkness of the world 
must be transformed and transfigured 
by union with God. 



$r Ijan* bttn put tn grirf in manifnlb trialH, 
that IIjf prnnf nf gnnr fattlj .... migljt bt XIX 
fnnnfc nntn praisr anb glnry anb Ijnnnr at ti\t 
rmriatinn nf Srsns (EffriBt 

—I. Peter i: 6, 7, R. V. 

Power bestowed, becomes truly pow- 
erful when it has been tested through 
the process of temptation. What is 
seen in perfection in Christ, is a lesson 



that men do well to lay to heart. Full- 
ness of the Spirit, becomes the power 
of the Spirit, through processes of test- 
ing. Herein is revealed the value of 
the trials and temptations that beset 
the pathway of the Christian worker. 



iflag 3Fnr through tfim mt botif fyau* our attt&a in 

Xx on* spirit unto tlje 3FatJf*r. 

— Ephksians ii: 18, R. V. 



The God-man is the gateway be- 
tween God and man. Through Him 
God has found His way back to man, 
from whom He had been excluded by 
his rebellion. In Him man finds his 
way back to God, from Whom he had 
been alienated by the darkening of his 
intelligence, the death of his love, and 
the disobedience of his will. 



Stynt tift tetril katirtij Ijtm; anil, btipsUfc, 
attgria ram* ani mintatrrtd unto tjwu XXI 

— Matthew iv: 11. 

The enemy of the race is seen in all 
his subtlety and terrible power, but yet 
spoiled, defeated, crushed. The Re- 
deemer is seen in all the terribleness of 
conflict, upon the issue of which de- 
pends the carrying out of the purpose 
of God, and the deliverance and uplift- 
ing of man; but yet victorious, crowned, 
and exercising- the functions of the 
Conqueror. 



Jaithful tfl itj* saying, ani mnrtljg nf all iKag 
arrrptatum, iljat Oltjrtfii 3ta\xB ram* inttx the XXII 
worth tn sab* sxnotfra. 

—I. Timothy i: 15, R. V. 

The evangel is not denunciatory of 
sin. It is not pronunciatory of punish- 
ment. It is annunciatory of salvation. 
That is its great value. 



*WaH £fam untn tip King ttttml, immartal, tn- 
XXIII trifitbb, ti}t onlg <8ni>, br fannr and glnrg for 
rt^r anfc *tirr. Amrtu 

— I. Timothy i: 17, R. V. 

We have not merely to claim that 
Jesus is Lord, but we have to demon- 
strate that He is Lord. We have to 
show to this age in the light of a new 
century, with all its advance, and pro- 
gress, and civilization, that Jesus Christ 
is Lord, not merely because God has 
appointed Him King — though that is 
true — but because of His inherent roy- 
alty. 



iMag i^m murlj morr sljall tljr blnnb of (EtjriHt 

XXIV ♦ • * • rlrattBt ynur roitBrtrnrr from btab roorka 

to srra* tilt living (8nfc ? 

— Hebrews ix: 14, R. V. 

We must get back to the Cross to 
know its ruggedness, to know its bru- 
tality, its blood-baptism. It is only 
there that the heart finds the conscience 
cleaned. 



7 



Upnn tttta rnrk 3 mill bmlb mg rljnrr Ij ; ani iHag 
th* gates of liates sljall turt {ttrtmil against it XXV 

— Matthew xvi : 18, R. V. 

That is the Church I belong to, the 
Church impregnable, unconquerable, 
marching out in perpetual triumph in- 
to the ages beyond. That is Christ's 
estimate of the Church. 



iir mas in tfj* morlfc. anb tit* mnrlii mas mate fHag 

b9l,im - -JoH„i:10. XXVI 

Creation is not an open book to man. 
God is allowing him, by the slow and 
tedious processes of the centuries, to 
learn to read its secrets. To Jesus all 
these secrets were apparent. 



31 am itf* goob B^pljprb: ilj* gnnb Bljrptjprii 
XXVII ' a y ra f bntxm tjtfl Hfo far tlj* Btytp. 

— John x: 11, R. V. 



Oh, wondrous Shepherd of the sheep. 
The hireling careth not for the sheep, 
and fleeth because he is an hireling. 
The Shepherd came into conflict with 
the wolf, and by His dying overcame. 



Styat 3 mag ktwm tftm, anb tlj* pnmpr nf ifis 
yyvttt rrairmtUm. 

aa v 111 — Philippians iii : 10. 



All the working values of the Gospel 
of grace are founded upon the fact of 
the resurrection of Jesus. 



Bring tfjmfnr* fuatifirin hg fattfj, wt Ijati* 
p*ar* mttlf (Soft tffrouglj our iCarii ifesua CtjrtBt XXIX 

— Romans v:1, R. V. 

The scattered, frightened sheep, re- 
ceiving the life liberated through the 
death of the Shepherd, receive all the 
values and the virtues which God 
accepts, and thus in Christ are accepted 
of God. 



3ln rotjnae Ijani in t\\t anul nf rwrg lifatng ilag 
rtfing, mb \\\t breattj of all mankind XXX 

— Job xii: 10. 

Man was made for the God Who 
declares that His creature shall have 
none other God before Him. He will 
be the God and the center of every 
man, and the very nature of man's be- 
ing makes the demand a reasonable 
one. 



^ a 9 Sfmtt Btynll tit*}} folmi* in tftm of urfjnm tljnj 

XXXI Ijawnntljrarti? 

— Romans x: 14. 

There is but one excuse for idolatry, 
namely, ignorance ; and there are cases 
in which even that fails to justify. If 
a man does not know God, he cannot 
worship Him ; but if he lives in a place 
where he may have the light if he will, 
then the last excuse for idolatry is 
swept away. 



Sunt ©tfau BtnbtBt fortlj H?g spirit, tljrg ntt 
I rrratrd. 

— Psalm civ : 30. 

All creation is of God, to the man 
who lives and walks with Him. 

"One Spirit— His 
Who wore the platted thorn with bleeding 

brows 
Rules universal nature ! Not a flower 
But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or 

stain, 



Of His unrivaU'd pencil. He inspires 
Their balmy odors, and imparts their hues, 
And bathes their eyes with nectar; and 

includes, 
In grains as countless as the seaside sands, 
The forms with which He sprinkles all the 

earth. 
Happy who walks with Him, whom what 

he finds 
Of flavor or of scent in fruit or flower, 
Or what he views of beautiful or grand 
In nature, from the broad majestic oak 
To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, 
Prompts with remembrance of a present 

God." 

iC*t *arlj nit* nf ua pkaa* tfta tmgljbnr far Sunt 
iljat mljtrli ta gnaft, unta rtitfgtttg. jj 

— Romans xv:2, R. V. 

No man can deny his accountability 
for a share in the development or de- 
struction of the race. The solidarity 
of humanity is more than a dream of 
visionaries. It is an indisputable fact. 
Every life is contributing its quota of 
force to the forces that make or mar. 
All are hindering or hastening the per- 
fect day. 



I 



3mt* 3 knnm Iftm, tljat ty mill rnmmanb Ijtfi rfjtt- 
j j j fcrnt anil fyta IjnuHrlfnlb after fyim, atth ttfrg atfall 
krrp ttfr mag uf tff* Enrb, tn im fuHttr* att& 
jufcgmrnk 

— Genesis xviii : 19. 

The family is an unity of individuals 
sharing a common life and governed 
by a common love. Society is a union 
of families. Every attempt to create 
society upon any other basis is wicked 
and ends in disaster. 



3mt* S* *utf imtnrii; (Snb tH turt mnrkrb: for 

jy mtjataurttrr a man jsnmrtlj, Ifjat BljaU Ijr alan 

rrap. 



— Galatians vi ; 7. 



Every man of science will bear testi- 
mony to the awful demand that nature 
makes for purity, and will assert that 
she has no pity for the unclean. 



^t tljai lent ti^t Sorb, Ijai* roth i\t prro*ro- $ nxit 
ttif tilt bhuIb nf tjta Buxnts. ~ 7 

— Psalm xcvii : 10. V 



Love that is God-like, far-seeing, and 
comprehensive, love which permits of 
no present pleasure at the cost of possi- 
ble future pain ; such love can only be 
where character is in harmony with 
Divine intention. 



VI 



&tubg ta bt quirt, attb tn ba gflur nam bust- 3nnt 
titBB, and tn mark tmtlj gnur Ijattite. 

— I. Thessalonians iv:ll, R. V. 

Not only the law of God, tender and 
beneficent, but the law of human soci- 
ety, too often stern and cruel, says to 
man, Thou shalt work ! The fact that 
there are any who escape obedience to 
the command is the saddest fact in 
sociology. 



3nm l&ttBBtb wet % pnre in tjrart: fur %g atjall 
VII Btt (&ttb. 

— Matthew v:8. 



No man who knows God, no man 
who is living in daily communion with 
Him, needs a picture to help him to pray. 
.... If a man crave help, it is thereby 
proven that he lacks the spiritual con- 
sciousness. This very lack renders him 
incapable of creating anything which 
gives a proper representation of God. 



3wt* aty* mavb nf (&ab ia luring, uttb adit*. an5 
VIII Bifwcptr ttjan ang iroa-riigrti BttroriL 

— Hebrews iv: 12, R. V. 

I believe the Word of God, if we 
will but read it with simplicity, is more 
clear and powerful than anything that 
can be said about it. 



3 prag tffat gour Uro* mag afanunb grt mnr* 3un* 
anb mnr* ttt ktumtlrbg* attb all bxBtttttmttxL ix 

— Philippians i : 9, R. V. 

Loss of first love to Christ will inev- 
itably issue in loss of love to the breth- 
ren, and cannot fail to dry up the rivers 
of compassion toward the outside world. 
It is the first love of the saint that is 
the true light that shines in a dark place. 



31 knarn tljg ronrkB, anb tljjj tail anb patintr*, 3tm* 
► ... but ... . tifon bibfit l*att* tljg first Imt*. X 

— Revelation ii:2, 4, R. V. 

Without first love we may retain 
ceaseless activity, immaculate purity, 
severest orthodoxy, but there will be no 
light shining in a dark place. 



3txm Hg tljta sljaU all mtn ktuxm ttjat g* ar* mg 
XI irtariplpa. if ge Ijatie Urn* un* ta ann%r. 

— John xiii : 35. 

It is not our doing that lightens the 
world. It is not our ceremonial clean- 
ness that helps men. It is not our cor- 
rectness in the holding of truth that 
helps a dying race. It is our love, first 
for our Master, then for each other, 
and then for the world. 



3mu> ailprlHt tfi all. nnb in all. 

^ TT — Colossians iii: 11. 



Christ speaks to art, to music, to 
science, to literature, to all life, to each 
separately, and yet to each in its rela- 
tion to all the rest. Many waters, 
many messengers, many messages, yet 
one voice, one word, one revelation. 



3 am (Sub, . ♦ . . terlartttg tljr rnb fram Up j unr 
beginning, anh from anrtent iim*fl tff* tlfittga _ 

tljat ar* nut ljri ium*. 

— Isaiah xlvi: 9, 10. 

We are in danger of living too much 
in the present, and of looking upon 
Divine activities as if they were hap- 
hazard or accidental, as our own always 
are, save as we are under control of the 
Spirit of God. 



Jtear tint; * ♦ . . 3 mas 6rab, anb brtjalii, 3 Sun* 
am aitti* far rorrmar*, anb 3 Ijanr tlj* fogs nf ^jy 
tealh and nf Bates. 

—Revelation i: 17, 18, R. V. 

Oh, suffering saints, and all who ap- 
proach the shadow-land, fear not, fear 
not! Trust Him utterly, be faithful, 
confiding, even unto death, and through 
the dark chambers of death and of 
Hades, He will lead to light. Christ 
never tells us not to fear until He Him- 
self has fathomed all the mystery. 



Jtmr 3 tfatie great Hnrram attb ttttreaatttg pain ttt 
XV m 9 *?* ar *- 3? 0r ' ttwlfc mteJ| itjat 3 mgB^lf mm 
anatljma frnm (EtpiBt for mjj brrtlymt'fi sab*. 

— Romans ix: 2, 3, R. V. 



" Oft, when the Word is on me to deliver, 
Lifts the illusion and the truth lies bare, 
Desert or throng, the city or the river, 

Melts in a lucid paradise of air. 
Only like souls I see the folk thereunder 
Bound who should conquer, slaves who 
should be kings, 
Hearing their one hope with an empty 
wonder, 
Sadly contented in a show of things ; 
Then with a rush the intolerable craving 
Shivers throughout me like a trumpet 
call, 
Oh, to save these, to perish for their 
saving, 
Die for their life, be offered for them 
all!" 



3f 31 trill • • * • trrf|ai i* tljai to tlj**? Ul- j| un ^ 

— JoHNxxi:22. ^ Vi 



God is absolute monarch wherever 
He is King at all He never per- 
mits us to make compromises with Him 
for a single moment. He speaks the 
word of authority Our only re- 
lationship to that government is that of 
implicit, unquestioning, immediate obe- 
dience. 



3B*l|alb, fyajipg ia tlj* man toljnm (60b ttxtttt- s nnt 
rtlj; tiftttfxttt iteJBpiB* not tffau tlj* rljaBtemng XVII 
nfttjfAlmtglftg. 

— Job v:17. 



This we know, that what He wills is 
best, so to His chastisements we render 
ourselves that we may find His great 
reward. 



XVIII — Phtlippians iii : 20. R. V. 

I belong to the heavens, and when I 
touch the earth I must touch it with the 

equity of the heavens I must 

bring into all transactions the principles 
of righteousness upon which God is 
building His city, and accomplishing 
His work. 

3un* 3 rmn f tMt to Btnb p*arr, but a BttwriL 

XIX — Matthew x: 34. 

It is a very remarkable thing that the 
Church of Christ persecuted has been 
the Church of Christ pure. The Church 
of Christ patronized has always been 
the Church of Christ impure. 



3nm Etimj plant mtfirfj mg l|*ati*nljj Jfatfjw plants 

XX twt jBtjall h* ruoteh up. 

— Matthew xv: 13, R. V. 

You cannot grow the tulips of the 
kingdom of God except you get the 
bulbs from heaven. 



Git}? S>on nf man \a ttai ram* ta testrng mm* a ^ un * 
\x\xtB, but ta sau* ttj^ttu XXI 

— Luke ix: 56. 



It is the great work of Christ to heal 
the wounds, to make dissensions cease, 
and to bring the world around Himself 
into a sacred brotherhood, in the Father- 
hood of God. 



Qftjtfi man's rriigum ta trauu $ nm 

— J ames i: 26. XXIT 

'i. 

That man cannot do anything for 
God in public places if his own home is . 

devastated and broken up by the prin- 
ciple of rebellion against God. And if 
the influence a man is exerting on his 
family is an influence that scatters, that 
man is not with Christ. j 



Jfun* Sty* ICnrb mgtwilf. 

— I. Chronicles xvi: 31. 
-X-^CllI 

3tyg tipaw, (§ <8nb, is for *wr anb *tt*r. 

— Psalm xlv;6. 

These and kindred phrases tell the 
character of the music. When the song 
is of human experience at its best, it is 
ever of the joy and peace to be found 

in the law of God When the 

music becomes a dirge, it is because in 
individual or national life God has been 
forgotten. 



Jim* Sin bt Bttn nf mttu 

— Matthew xxiii:5. 

Human opinion is the test of all their 
doing and speaking. Conventionality 
holds them in an iron grip. They will 
do, or refuse to do, anything according 
to the opinion of someone else. The 
habit of the crowd becomes the rule of 
life. 



Iiappg fa ttj* matt tljai fearrtlj almag: but tj* Jun* 
that tiartenrttj tfta t|*art aliall fall tttta mtartffrf. XXV 

— Proverbs xxviii : 14. 

In all ages, in all lands, and under all 
circumstances of life, man desires and 
seeks after happiness. It is very doubt- 
ful if a single exception can be found 
to this rule in the ranks of the human 
family. 



3lf ttjmt Ijaftst fouram, mm tljiw, at l*aai in Junr 
tljta tljg bag, ttj* things uxtflrtj hrimtg uttiu tljg XXVI 
p*ar*! but nam tlfnj ar* Ijib from tijxtte *g*s. 

— Luke xix:42. 

The heart of man was made for 
peace, and joy, and love; and through 
all the foolish blundering of popular 
pleasure-seeking, it is after these men 
seek. 



XXVII 



31 btBtot ttftttfort Ufa! % mnt prag in mrg 
plar*. 

—I. Timothy ii:8, R. V. 

When men retire from the conflict to 
pray, they cut the nerves of prayer. 
Men only pray with prevailing power, 
who do so amid the sobs and sighing 
of the race. 



3nt& Sg ott* matt Bttt tt&trtb into tift umrlb, attb 

XXVIII ******* kJJ B ™> an & *** &****? pafifirii ttprm all m*n. 

—Romans v: 12. 

When man, God's crowning work, 
first sinned, he dragged down all crea- 
tion in his fall; but when Jesus shall 
come again, to reign in the power of 
His Cross, Passion, and Atonement (for 
that is to be the strength of His rule), 
then the whole creation shall feel the 
touch of His presence, and shall re- 
spond to His redemptive work. 



3 aarn a new tpawtt an& a tt*m *artlj. ^ un * 

— Revelation xxi:l. XXIX 

Not until Christ shall have banished 
evil, brought in the new heavens and 
the new earth, and given the City of 
God to the earth, will our Lord's work 
be complete and His glory at the 
highest. 



Qtyta aam* 3?ma. mljlrtj is tak*n up from gnu 5mt* 
tntn fatten, atjail ho com* in lik* manner. XXX 

— Acts i: 11. 

Once take firm hold of this great 
truth of the coming of the King, and it 
affords a bright outlook along every 
avenue of life, and brings gladness to 
the weary heart. 



Kulg (§lb ttjinga ntt paBBtb attmg; brfjnlfc, tly^a ar* 
t bmrot* m. 

—II. Corinthians v:17, R. V. 



There can be no love for God until 
all the false views are swept away by 
the new vision that breaks with the 
new birth. 

Breathe on me, Breath of God, 

Fill me with life anew, 
That I may love what Thou dost love, 

And do what Thou wouldst do. 

Breathe on me, Breath of God, 

Until my heart is pure, 
Until with Thee I will one will, 

To do and to endure. 

Breathe on me, Breath of God, 

So shall I never die, 
But live with Thee the perfect life 

Of Thine eternity. 

— E. Hatch. 



Wtyttfar? if ang man ia in (Eljriai ij* is a 3nlg 
n*m rmiinr*. tt 

—II. Corinthians v: 17, R. V. 



Admiration of the Person and char- 
acter of Christ, together with patronage 
of His teaching, are insufficient, and 
indeed do but insult the purpose of 
Christianity, whose mission it is, not so 
much to captivate the admiration, as to 
remake and beautify the character. 



3f ang man tffirat Irt Ifim com* nnta m$, anb 3ulg 
fitrink. ttt 

— JoHNvii:37. 1Xi 



The water which Christ gives is the 
living water of the Spirit, perpetually 
springing up in the soul of man unto 
eternal life. 



3ulg (ffatrct tlfon bg 0*arrt}tng finb out (Sob ? 

IV — JOBxi:7. 

To those who live and walk in the 
Spirit, all creation is seen to be of God. 
No man can find God through nature; 
but every man may find nature through 
God. If man begin with nature, he 
cannot climb from it to God; but if he 
begin with God, he may enter into the 
mystic region, wherein lies true appre- 
ciation of the glories and beauties of 
nature. 



j^ 2ty* glnnj ttrffirff stfall bt r*b*abb in ub. 

— Romans viii: 18. 

What the glory of the coming One 
will be, none can imagine ; nor can they 
yet know what will be the glory of the 
children of God, when the work of God 
is finished in their lives. The Holy 
Spirit within, seals unto that glorious 
issue. 



($imtrff ttui ttjr spirit. 3ulg 

— I. Thessalonians v: 19. T ^ T 

It is a very terrible thought that the 
grieving of the Spirit within the Church 
postpones the coming of the kingdom 
of God in the world. In proportion as 
men are obedient to the indwelling 
Spirit, and allow Him in the whole ter- 
ritory of their own lives to have His 
way, in that proportion are they hasten- 
ing the coming of the Day of God, and 
bringing in the Kingdom of Peace. 

%rrbg mt ktwm ttyat ift ahttMli tn its, fag tift 

—I. John iii: 24, R. V. 

As when our blessed Lord was trans- 
figured upon the mountain it was not 
the transfiguring of a glory that fell 
upon Him, but that of a glory that was 
already resident within Him, outshining 
through the veil of His flesh, so, when 
the Spirit seals, He does so by the gift 
of life, which is able to transform 
character. 



Jnlg Wlttrti firings tjati* xtHitth a Htjnm nf mtaiUmt 

yjjj in mill-mnraliip, anil tjnmtlttg. 

— Colossians ii: 23. 

In every instance where men permit 
themselves to look at sacred things in 
a frivolous light, there is evil reaction 
upon the heart and consciousness. 
They are robbing themselves of that 
sacred sense of veneration and rever- 
ence for God, without which there is no 
real worship and no acceptable service. 



3nlg Ail arrtptur* xa gitirn bg UtopiratUra nf (Soft 
IX * • * • tfjai tlj* man nf <8n& mag b? ptvUtt. 
tfyarmtglflg fnmteljrtu unta all gnni mnrka. 

—II. Timothy iii:16, 17. 

No man ever really enters the Chris- 
tian ministry in the deep spiritual sense 
of the term, save as he receives a gift 
from the Head of the Church, by the 
Holy Spirit, which perfectly equips him 
for the work he has to do. 



Jin mrrgtljttiS B* ww* *ttrtrljrt> tn I;im, in all 3ulg 
uttrranrr unb all kunuririuj** X 

— I. Corinthians i:5, R. V. 

No single branch of knowledge is out 
of place to the man who is going to do 
the work of an evangelist. You may 
gather illustrations from all sciences, 
from all literature, and if you are only 
living close to the center, and close to 
Christ, you will see light gleaming and 
breaking everywhere. 



$* ramuit stmt (&nb anb manmum. Jlulg 



— Matthew vi : 24. 

Christ revealed the antithesis be- 
tween the two great forces which gov- 
ern human lives, God and mammon. 
God governs man through the spiritual 
side of man's nature, and man can only 



XI 



be governed in the highest aspect of 
his life when he is so governed. Mam- 
mon, which stands for all the worldly 
power and worldly greatness, .... as 
a governing force issues in the degra- 
dation of man. 



3uljj atyat g* mtglji malfe tuurtljjj uf il|* ICnrfc nuta 

XII aU pausing, bring fruitful in *urrg guuii murk, 

anil inrnraafng in ilj* Immniritg* uf (Suit; 

Btrrngtljrnr& mttif all mtglft, arrurirtng tu Ififl 

glurtuus pum*r. 

— Colossians i:10, 11. 

It is infinitely better to have a little 
power, and use it within the doors He 
opens in loyalty to His teaching and 
Himself, than to have much power and 
use it as abetting the work of those 
who, robbing Him of His dignity, hin- 
der His coming into His Kingdom. 



SItp> kingfl of tl?e rarilj Brt UjmBriwa in 3 u i a 
arrag, ani> fly* rubra m*re ga%reb tugrilfi*, xnl 
against tlf* 2Inrb, anil against tfifi Anuintrit 

— Acts iv: 26, R. V. 

As of old, David, the anointed king 
of Israel, was for a time exiled from his 
kingdom, .... so, for to-day, Christ is 
earth's rejected King, but He is still 
God's anointed King. 



l^tt 3 sag unta lift tmrkrb, Etjnu stjalt j[ u ^ 
Bitrelg bit; ani tijnu giti*Bt ifim not warning, XIV 
nor Bp*ak*flt to warn ilj* mirk*& from Ijis xxntteb 
mag, to Ban* fyta life; . • • . Ifis hlnoft mill 3 
require at tljin* tfanb. 

— Ezekiel iii: 18. 

Any doctrine, any philosophy, that 
makes it easy to sin, whether by excus- 
ing it, minimizing its enormity, or deny- 
ing its existence, is of hell ; and not 
merely are those held guilty who teach 
the doctrine and practise the sin, but 
that Church also which is not clear and 
outspoken in its protests against sin. 



3ulg atyatt stjali not hrar falis* vaitmm. 

XV — Matthew xix : 18. 

11 A whisper broke the air, 

A soft light tone, and low. 
Yet barbed with shame and woe ; 
Now, might it only perish there, 
Nor further go ! 

" Ah, me! a quick and eager ear 

Caught up the little-meaning sound ; 
Another voice has breathed it clear, 
And so it wandered round, 

From ear to lip, from lip to ear, 
Until it reached a gentle heart, 
And that — it broke." 



Jitlg Wt maik bg foittj. tint bg siglfL 

XVI — 11- Corinthians v: 7. 

Let there be no asking for visions. 
When transfiguration, and garden, and 
cross, and resurrection, and ascension 
hours are passed, the Master will not 
apportion His rewards according to the 
number of visions, but according to 
fidelity to the opportunities He creates. 



GJlf* iru* Higtjt mljtrtj Ugljtrtl? mrg man tljat 3ulg 
rnmrtlj tnia 11?* marlb. XVII 

— John i:9. 



He was the essential Light of men, 
the Light of the world, and all the men 
who have flung light across the pathway 
of human life, from that moment until 
now, have not been the Light, but 
light-bearers, and they have lit their 
torches from the Light, the Son of God. 



If*r*itt ttraa tift law nf (Bob mantf*0i*b in ns, July 
tljat <gnb tjatlj a*ni ifta onlg tegatfam &nn infci XVIII 
til* mttrlb tfyat m? mtgtjt liti* Ufrnuglf Ifinu 

—I. JoHNiv:9, R. V. 

The Cross is the insistence of love. 
It is the persistence of love. It is love 
that holds the throne in the darkness. 
But for that love there would have 
been no Cross. 



3uig ©t|0ii stfalt not h*ar fata* wiitwaa. 

XV — Matthew xix : 18. 

" A whisper broke the air, 

A soft light tone, and low. 
Yet barbed with shame and woe ; 
Now, might it only perish there, 
Nor further go ! 

" Ah, me! a quick and eager ear 

Caught up the little-meaning sound; 
Another voice has breathed it clear, 
And so it wandered round, 

From ear to lip, from lip to ear, 
Until it reached a gentle heart, 
And that — it broke." 



3ulg Wt malk bg fatttj, turt bg sigljt. 

XVI — 11- Corinthians v: 7. 

Let there be no asking for visions. 
When transfiguration, and garden, and 
cross, and resurrection, and ascension 
hours are passed, the Master will not 
apportion His rewards according to the 
number of visions, but according to 
fidelity to the opportunities He creates. 



Sllf* irn* £tgl|t tnljirlf Ugljtoit rumj man fyai 3ulg 
rnmrtlj into ilj* ronrlfc. XVII 

— John i:9. 



He was the essential Light of men, 
the Light of the world, and all the men 
who have flung light across the pathway 
of human life, from that moment until 
now, have not been the Light, but 
light-bearers, and they have lit their 
torches from the Light, the Son of God. 



%txtv\ xmB lljr lott* af (6ob umniUvteb in ub, Jtoly 
ttfat (Sob fyaitf Bttd IjtB onlg brgaton &mt into XVIII 
tlj* tmtrlb tljai to* mtglji Ho* tlprnuglj i(\m. 

—I. JoHNiv:9, R. V. 

The Cross is the insistence of love. 
It is the persistence of love. It is love 
that holds the throne in the darkness. 
But for that love there would have 
been no Cross. 



Salg 5f attI \ B ^ pthgmettt uf tljta ttrorlih nam aljaU 
XIX ttje priure uf tljta urorlii he raat nut Ani 31, tf 

S be ttfieii up frum tl|e eartli, mill idram all men 

unta me. 

— JoHNxii:Sl, 32. 

O blind men, infatuated men ! While 
they gloat over their fancied victory, 
God rends the veil of the temple in 
twain, and for evermore does away 
with the priest. Just as they thought 
they had ensured their dominance of 
humanity by crucifying Him, He by 
His dying spoiled their power, rent the 
veil, and by abolishing the priest, cre- 
ated the priesthood of all believers. 



3ulg % t Httail nnt fail uur be fctHrauragefc. 

XX — Isaiah xlii : 4. 

Every worker with God is conscious 
of the presence of evil in the world. 
Let that consciousness always be held 



in connection with the glorious fact 
that over all, Christ is absolute Master. 
The Church is not fighting a conflict, 
the issue of which is uncertain. The 
victory has been won, and therefore it 
must be won. 



Wtyttaf \\t tjailj gtttnt aaatmmr* mtfci all ^ u *y 
m*n, in tljat t|* Ijattj tuiatb Ijtm from % iteaiL XXI 

— Acts xvii : 31. 

The value of the resurrection as a Di- 
vine act, is threefold : First, it is God's 
attestation of the perfection of the life 
of the Man Jesus ; secondly, it is God's 
attestation of the perfection of the medi- 
ation of the Saviour Jesus; thirdly, it 
is God's attestation of the perfection of 
the victory of the King Jesus. 



3alg Htjrn ttjrg tftwcb of tlj* rtBxtntttwn of % 
XXII &*a&# 00m* jtmrkrb. ; * . - but r*riatn m*tt riati* 
utttu Iftm, anil b*li*m2)L 

— AcTsxvii:32, 34, R. V. 



There is no verdict upon fallen man 
so final in its declaration of his rejection, 
as is the risen Christ. There is no 
door of hope so radiant with light for a 
fallen people as this way into acceptance 
through the reception of the Christ. 



3uhj ®lj0m (Sab Ifattf Btt fartif iabtu propitiation 

XXIII tfyrmiglf faitf| in t|tH blnob. 

— Romans iii : 25. 



To deny the vicarious nature of His 
dying is to refuse to believe the account 
of Christ's own view thereof, and, 
moreover, to affirm that the apostolic 
writings are false in interpretation. 



Htsus .... matufeatrii Ijts glarg; unb Jjia 3ulg 

biBctplra brUrurfc an Mm. XXIV 

— John ii: 11, R. V. 

He was a soul so sublime, that He 
turned the mountain into a sanctuary 
until His communion made it flame 
with the glory of transfiguration. So 
sweetly simple was the Christ as to 
utter words which children for nineteen 
centuries have learned and loved. 



Ijta ktngitam rulrtli tmtt all. 3ulg 

— Psalm ciii: 19. v-vtt 

AAV 

We are not called upon to compare 
the Church as she is with what she 
should be, or as she is with what she 
was; but rather the Church as she is 
to-day with any empire, apart from her, 
which the world has ever seen. There 
is nothing in past or present history to 
compare with the rule of Jesus over 
His own. 



Jfitig &**Utg u* fan* jmrifob gnur lawls ttt gout 
VV t 7T nbtbwitt 10 % truth. 

AAV1 -I. Peter i: 22, R. V. 

Truth is a sanctifying force, and a 
man holds the truth only when he is 
held by the truth. When truth pos- 
sesses a man, all its glory and beauty 
are manifested through his life and 
character. 



3ulg Anb turn* ib ublt In plurk tfjrm nut of mg 

XXVII «^ Hlfa «*L _ Johnx29 

God is superior to the slum or the 
tenement, to ungodly companions or 
influence. God is greater than the 
sneer of the mocker. Live in God con- 
sciously, and thou hast found the en- 
vironment that is highest and closest 
and strongest, the environment which 
is superior to all others. 



3t in 500b turt t0 tut ftealj, tuir ta brink mtn*. Sttlg 
n0r t0 ba atigitftng mljmbg tJjjj brotljrr ntumblrttj. XXVIII 

— Romans xiv: 21, R. V. 

Every prohibition of God, and every 
command He lays upon men, have their 
reason in His good will toward men. 
.... Love prohibits that which, if 
permitted, would blight the life and 
mar the pleasure. It is also true that 
every commandment calling to paths of 
duty is the outbreathing of God. 



3 am @0b, . . . . terlartttg tlj* tnb from tift 3ulg 
beginning. XXIX 

— Isaiah xlvi:9, 10. 

It is said that every flower that decks 
the sod has its root far back in eternity. 
So, also, every human life, in the will 
and purpose of God, is linked to the 
past and to the future, and His laws for 
it forget no fact of all the ages. 



3ulg iEarlj matt Ijattf t|tB ottttt gift from (Suit. 

XXX —I- Corinthians vii: 7, R. V. 

Every man is a new starting-point 
for good or for bad in the history of 
the human race. I am the heir of all 
the ages past. I am also a starting- 
point for ages to come. 



Sttltj atyoitglj tjtf ttmfl a &ott, \pt barttrt* nhrtfottr* 

XXXI b}J **?* itfittgB ttrfjtrtj ift mfitvtb; . * • . fye be- 

rattt* tttttn all itirttt ttjat nbrtj tfittt % author nf 

rterttal Baltratiotu 

— Hebrews v: 8, 9, R. V. 

The finer graces of the Christian 
character are only revealed under bruis- 
ing and pressure, as the fragrance of 
fine spices is only obtained through 
crushing. Christ preeminently became 
a sweet smelling savor to God through 
the terrible experiences of the Cross. 



Sut mtj*u tfi* Gktmfiotrter la ram*, tutinm 31 mill Auguat 
a*ni unto gnu from ttf£ 3ffaiij*r, . . . . t?* affall j 
tear tmtneaa nf m*. 

— John xv : 26, R. V. 

The Spirit is directly the Messenger 
and Gift of the Son. 

Weary and sad and sorrow-spent were they 

In that still upper room, 
While the rich crimson of the closing day 

Was fading into gloom ; 
And over all, benumbing soul and sense, 
Hung the cold shadow of a dread suspense. 

The promise of a Spirit yet to come, 

That other Paraclete, 
To lead them on to Truth's eternal home 

And guide their wandering feet ; 
They could not soothe the anguish of their 

heart, 
They ask'd in sadness, Must their Lord 
depart? 

Yes, after all, or clear and open speech, 

Or sayings dark and dim, 
They yet had much to learn and He to teach. 

Ere they could rest in Him, 
Ere they could preach His words with 
cleansed lips 

Or He impart His full Apocalypse. 

— E. H. Plumptre. 



August &h* ttyttfatt rarrfullg Ifuro ge tmtlk, not as 
TT lmtma*, but ub tmB?. 

11 — Ephesians v:15, R. V. 

You can't go through a single day 
carelessly and let things go as they will. 
Every step must be watched. Every 
moment must be held as sacred for 
God, and we are ever to live in the 
power of the thought that we may miss 
an opportunity. 



Ill 



August $ cr m tfi **P mtU ni ® ai > **! al b # uttU-imiug 
g* slfuuifc put tu BiUtttt Hft igtumture nf fnul- 
ifih m*tu 

— L Peter ii: 15, R. V. 

God calls you, God calls me, God 
calls every child of His, to be His rep- 
resentative in the world, taking hold of 
the things that seem to be against the 
development of spiritual character and 
turning them into opportunites for 
prosecuting His work upon the earth. 



ISrijolfc, itjg BttmtdB art reafcg fci im urifatBu- August 
;mr . . . . t^t king sijaU rlfflns*- IV 

—II. Samuel xv : 15, R. V. 

What is my relation to the govern- 
ment of God? First, I should always 
be ready ; and, second, I should move 
the instant the word comes. That 
marks the line of wisdom. 



31 tlje ICarb tljg (60b hull Ijnlb tf?g rigtfi Ijanb, August 
Bagtng unlu %r, Jrar uut; 3 tutll Ijrlp it?**- y 

— Isaiah xli: 13. 

God is not making an experiment 
with you. We are not pawns upon a 
chessboard, moving which God may 
win or lose. Every movement is ar- 
ranged. I did not know what was to 
come to pass to-day, but God was in 
this day before I came into it. Doing 
what? Choosing the place for me, 
making arrangements, controlling every- 
thing. 



August $0ttttg man, 3 Bag uttta itj**, Arte*. 

VI -Li 



— Luke vii: 14. 



Christ is dealing with every man 
alone just now, and you know what He 
is saying to you at your weakest point : 
Begin and do the right thing. Arise! 



August SlttrUu* mg t|*art uutu tljg tegttmanfos, atti 
VII turt to rutiefawflttfaH. 

— Psalm cxix : 36. 

The inspiration and force of service 
in the camp of God is that of rest and 
satisfaction. The stimulus and spur of 
service in the camp of Mammon is that 
of desire and covetousness. 



Auguat 

VIII 



UJurstjip (Sob. 



— Revelation xxii : 9. 



There is a center, a motive, a reason, 
a shrine, a diety somewhere — some- 
thing which man worships. It has 
been said that when man dethrones 
God, he deifies and worships himself. 



Atib mtfrtijn* nu* m*mb*r Buffmttj, all tif? August 
mmbrrs BufEVr wttlf it. jX 

— I. Corinthians xii: 26, R. V. 

The Church is to be so constituted, 
a fellowship of souls in Christ, that the 
wrong doing of one is felt by and affects 
the whole ; and the purity of the entire 
Church must be maintained, even at 
the cost of the excommunication of a 
brother who persists in wrong doing. 



JEljat tolftrij ifli bnnt nf tljr fl*alj ta fofilj; attft August 
tljat rofytrlj is bam uf tljr spirit is Bptrtt. ^ 

— John iii:6. 



Christ takes into account the paralysis 
in human life. You cannot build up a 
regenerated society unless you have 
regenerated men. 



August W^at agr*em*ut tfatlj a tempi* of (Sab mtttj 

XI ttmls? 

—II. Corinthians vi:16, R. V. 

You will find that Christianity is pre- 
eminently practical. It does not at- 
tempt to construct a living society out 
of dead matter, neither does it attempt 
to realize a pure order among corrupt 
men, neither does it attempt to give a 
perfect ethic to paralyzed individuals. 
It takes hold of the man first, and re- 
makes him, and then remakes society. 



August 3( kiurni htm tuhum 31 haur brltcnrft. anb 31 am 
XII yrrauatob that hr is ablr tn guarb that uthtrlj 3 
lyaur rammtttrb uutn htm. 

—II. Timothy i: 12, R. V. 

If you are doubting, you cannot in- 
spire faith. If you are not sure how 
this thing is going to turn out, no one 
will be persuaded. You must be a man 
of certainty, a man on the resurrection 
side of the grave, the old life behind. 



3n tfj* brgtttmng (Suit August 

— Genesis i: 1. 

XIII 

The last scientific assertion syn- 
chronizes with the simple statement of 
the Nazarene long years ago, that at 
back of the flower, and bird, and every- 
thing, is God. 



Sljg riglttrouBurBB \b an rurrlasttng rtgljt- August 
poubutbb, uni thg lam is trutlj. -^iv 

—Psalm cxix:142, R. V. 

When love becomes the motive of 
law, then law conditions the true hap- 
piness of the one that is loved 

Righteousness, apart from its relation 
to love, may do many cruel things. 

3 fyau* lavtb tljr* tmtlf an rwrlaBtmg lutir. August 

— Jeremiah xxxi: 3. yv 

Love is not love 
Which alters when it alteration finds, 
Or bends with the remover to remove : 
Oh, no! It is an ever-fixed mark 
That looks on tempests and is never shaken. 

— Shakespeare. 



August 3 fjaue tr*aHitr*b up tit* mortis nf tita muutl? 
Xvi mart tlfan mg nrreaflanj fnniL 

—Job xxiii:12, R. V. 



Man's capacity for pleasure finds its 
full satisfaction when his life is surren- 
dered to the will of God In- 
finite meaning lies within the words of 
Christ, ik I delight to do thy will, O my 
God." 



August 

XVII 



Curb, trarlj ub tn prag. 



— Like xi: 1. 



All prayer lies within the two peti- 
tions of the pattern prayer the Master 
taught His disciples, "Thy kingdom 
come. Thy will be done." There is 
no prayer beyond that. 



ijr is a grrai King tmtt all tl?r rartlj- August 

—Psalm xlvii : 2. XVIII 

Christ is to-day Ruler over the most 
wonderful empire the world has ever 
seen. We are living in a day when 
criticism of the Church is one of the 
most popular pastimes of some inside 
its borders. I am intensely weary of 
this whole business. 



3 Ijaor Irarnrb bg rxprnrnrr. August 

— Genesis xxx : 27. vtv 

Man is expected to profit by experi- 
ence, and if he declines to do so he 
must bear the penalty. 



tour tnorkrtlj tin ill to t|ia urigljbor: lour August 
Ihrrrforr \b tijr fulfilmrut of tljr lain. XX 

—Romans xiii: 10, R. V. 

Xo man is to imagine that when he 
has fulfilled certain obligations to God, 
he may then live his life without refer- 
ence to his neighbor. 



August If* tffat nppreaartlj ttjr paor r*pr0arljrtlj tjts 
XXI 4Hak*r. 



—Proverbs xiv:31. 



There is yet to be found a man who, 
out of love to God, lays his first fruits 
on the altar, who will oppress another 
man in poverty and need. 



August 3ff thttt* ettrmg b* tyuttgrg, gin* Ijim bmih ta 
XXII *&'* aub If lie br ttttrfitg. gin* t)tm roatrr ta iirmk. 

— Proverbs xxv: 21. 



An enemy is to be treated in such a 
way as to prevent his loss or suffering. 
It is not merely that a man is not to do 
his enemy harm, but he is to prevent 
harm coming to him if it is possible for 
him to do so. 



fttuim ikftttftsv? anb at? that tt xa an rfatl thing August 
anb biter, tliat ttjuu tiast fursakw tltr ICurb ttjg XXIII 
(6aiL 

— Jeremiah ii : 19. 

The measure in which any people 
neglect the sacred means which express 
Divine relationship, is the measure in 
which sooner or later they violate the 
principles of social relationship, and 
oppression and suffering take the place 
of liberty and prosperity. 



QboUintBa mittf ronif ntm*nt is grrat gain- August 

—I. Timothy vi: 6. XXIV 



The story of Lot is one which is full 
of the most solemn warning. There is 
manifest in him the growth of the 
world spirit. First, he chooses selfishly; 
then he pitches his tent toward Sodom; 
then he enters in; and, finally, he sits 
in the gate. 



AuguHt £&t tjDur mini nn % tfftnga ilfai ar* aturo*. 
XXV tmt on ilj* itjtnga tljai ar* upon tlj* rarity 

— Colossians iii:2, R. V. 

Men constantly affirm that they are 
strong enough to seek the things of the 
world and the things of the Kingdom 
at the same time, but it is never so. 
Directly the desire to possess lies at the 
root of life, a deterioration sets in 
which sooner or later will manifest 
itself openly. 



Auguat 
XXVI 



(Bab hath mabr mr to laugh. 



— Genesis xxi:6. 



In all the merriment of unbelief there 
is an admixture of bitterness. There 
is some laughter that is more sorrowful 
than any tears. When God causes the 
heart to laugh, or causes laughter, it is 
always the expression of a full and 
generous satisfaction. 



Ani Abraham raw up from before tjis iteaiL August 

— Genesis xxiii: 3, R. V. XXVII 

The sorrows of life reveal a man's 
true character as perhaps nothing else 
can. Faith weeps beside the dead, and 
then moves out to the fulfilment of 
duty as it puts a check on sorrow. 
Faith takes hold on earth's greatest 
despair, death, and makes it the occa- 
sion of a possession which holds within 
itself all the future. 



(Eummtt fljg ttmg utttn tit* Curb; trust also iu August 
tftm, aui t?e sljaU brtug it tu pass. XXVIII 

— Psalm xxxvii : 5. 

Nothing brings greater comfort to 
the human mind as it stands amid all 
the perplexing mysteries of evil and of 
good, of the power and limitation of 
the human will, than to fall back upon 
the certainty that what we know not, 
God knows. 



August 3f tlj* prupljrt Ifab btfc tip* fa sum* grrat 
XXIX fyws* aumlfasi tfjuu uut Ifaw fan* it? 

—II. Kings v: 13, 



So many men are ready to spread a 
banquet, and slow to give a cup of cold 
water. 



August (®mt tui man angling, sane tu Uro* un* 

vvv anutter. 

A ^ A -Romans xiii: 8, R. V. 



To love is to discharge all obligations 
except that of loving. It is impossible 
to finish paying the debt of love. In 
the moment in which a man ceases to 
owe his neighbor love, he will begin to 
be in his debt in some other direction. 



Styer* ta tmt (Snh, ntt* mehtatnr alan bttmttn August 
(&ob nnb m?u, Ittmarif mau, (Etfriai 3*aua, uttjn XXXI 
gati* tjtmarlf a rauarnn fur all. 

—I. Timothy ii: 5, 6, R. V. 



The interference of a human bein^ 
between another and God is an imperti- 
nence and a blasphemy, whatever the 
name by which the interferer is called, 
whether it be priest, or teacher, or 
friend. 






3lt ta fimatjrb. 



— John xix:30. 



As He passes out of death, He 
comes into a new life which he may 
now communicate. 



S^tpUmbtr 

I 



As the load 
Immense, intolerable, of the world's sin, 
Casting its dreadful shadow high as heaven, 
Deep as Gehenna, nearer and more near 
Grounded at last upon that Sinless Soul 
With all its crushing weight and killing 
curse, 



Then first, from all eternity then first, 
From His beloved Son the Father's face 
Was slowly averted, and its light eclipsed ; 
And through the midnight broke the Suffer- 
er's groan, 
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? 

But now 
Once more the agonizing Victim moan'd, 
Uttering His anguish in one dreadful plaint, 
I thirst ; His last : for, when the cooling 

sponge 
Had touch'd His lips, a loud and different 

cry, 
As if of triumph, It is finish'd, rang 
Upon our startled ears ; and with a child's 
Confiding tender trustfulness, that breathed 
Father, to Thy hands I commend My spirit, 
He bow'd His head, and yielded up the 

ghost. 

E. H. BlCKERSTETH 

" Yesterday, To-day and Forever ." 



9*{ri?tttb*r Slatting out tlf* Ifantonriting of nrbinanrra 
j j tlfat urns again*! un, . . . . nailing it tn Ijte 

tXXXBB. 

— Colossians ii: 14. 

Justification must be infinitely more 
than forgiveness. Sin must be put 
away, and made to be as though it had 



not been To be justified before 

God is to be put into such condition 
that no trace remains of the guilt of 
sin. That is the problem which is 
solved in the Cross. 



3fnr in tlfat If* tfimst If tjaitj anffmb bring g>?pte mbe r 
tanptek Ijf ia abb tn snrwr tljem tlfat are jjj 

t*mpt*&. 

— Hebrews ii : 18. 



In every weakness ot man's life He 
was strong, and in the great crisis of 
temptation He overcame with majestic 
might, and so completely broke the 
power of the enemy, that forevermore 
Satan is the conquered foe of the race. 



gwptembtt Iff ffiljriHt b* in gnu, % bnfcg ia btub b*rana* 
IV ttf Bin; but tif* spirit ia l\U brnma* of riglft- 

ttLVLBX&BB. 

— Romans viii : 10. 

Notice where the apostle places the 
emphasis of personality. It is not up- 
on the body, but upon the spirit. The 
worshiper is man as a spirit. The sac- 
rificial symbol of worship is his own 
body. This he is called upon to pre- 
sent to God, and the apostle declares 
that this act is of the nature of spiritual 
worship. 



g*pt*mb*r Walk aa riftt&roi uf Hgljt. 

— Ephesians v:8. 



V 



The children of God are to walk as 
children of the day, even though as yet 
the night is round about them. They 
already feel the breath of the morning 
moving through the darkness, and, 
casting off the garments of the night, 
they are to clothe themselves with the 
armour of light, and watch for the first 
gleam of the breaking dawn. 



(Uljmi Bljalt gmb* m* tmtlf ttjg nranarl, an& ^ptemb^r 
afirrroarti rmiw mt to glflrg. yj 

— Psalm lxxiii: 24. 

It is always a daring thing to seek a 
sign. The man to whom God can tell 
His ways must live very near to Him. 
Yet even then it is a question whether 
it is not better to walk quietly with Him 
than to seek signs from Him. 



Ani> tj* mttd . . . ♦ unto tljr plar* mtytvt tjia £>?ptembtt 
trnt Ijab bmt at tlj* beginning, .... mtfci tlj* yjj 

plar* nf tlj* altar, roljtrl| Ij* Ijai mate ttfrrr at 
tlj* first. 

— Genesis xiii: 3, 4. 



Happy is the man who, having turned 
aside from the simple pathway of evi- 
dent obedience, in the consciousness of 
his wrong goes back to first principles. 



8>?pt?mb?v 3 n a u fyg tmtga ntktwmUb$* If tm, atii tj* slfall 
VIII fctmt % jrait|is. 

— Proverbs iii:6. 

Our deflections from faith occur most 
often through our failure to allow God 
to undertake in all the small matters of 
life. Some little business worry, or 
home difficulty, or personal danger, will 
drive us to acts that dishonor our Mas- 
ter. That is the man of greatest faith 
who not only in the crises but in the 
commonplaces waits for God. 



£tpttmbtv 3 am % Earfc. 3 rf|ang* not. 



IX 



— Malachi iii : 6. 



Dispensations come and go, dawn 
and vanish; but God remains the same, 
underneath, with, and in each. Some 
people speak as though God had not 
only altered his methods, but His mind. 
I agree that He has changed His 
methods, but His mind, Never! . . . . 
He has always been a Father, He 
never changes. 



a*f0tr* itfat gnur «am*a are written in fbtpttmbtt 

— Luke x: 20, R. V. ^ 

There is one Scroll of Honor, and it 
is never kept on the earth, but in the 
heavens; and in that Book of Remem- 
brance have been written the names of 
those who, amidst rampant apostasy, 
have been faithful ; amidst the preva- 
lence of darkness have witnessed to the 
light; amidst the seeming conquest of 
evil have been true to righteousness 
and God. 



Jfat afi 9 mill, but as tl|*M tmlt Btpttmbtt 

— Matthew xxvi : 39. vj 

No desire of our own for early and 
easy realization of peace ought to be 
allowed to interfere with the declared 
will of God. No policy of compromise 
can ever justify a coming short of 
Divine purpose. 



g>?ptembtv ilj* katettj m* ttt tfj* pattja nf riglftwuBttrafi 

^" L1 — PsALMxxiii:3. 

It is good that the heart should 
remember that even though He chas- 
tise, He continues to conduct; and 
when through our own unbelief it is 
necessary for us to pass through the 
paths of the wilderness, He never for- 
sakes. 



Btpttmbtt Ab 31 tiyougtyt ta to untn ttjnn, an mill 31 to 
^ TTT nttXa gnu. 

- A - 111 — Numbers xxxiii:56, R. V. 



To tolerate and allow to remain what 
God has ordered to be driven forth, is 
to retain that which in itself will be a 
source of continual difficulty and suf- 
fering. 



ffi? rannn! but sprak thr iljtttgfi tnljirb mt sum ^tptttnbtt 
nnb ljrar& Y tv 

— Acts iv: 20. R. V. " Y1 v 

The Spirit did not come to save you 
alone, but to make you a herald, a 
messenger, an evangelist, a soul on fire 
that the light may be flashed over the 
dark places of the earth. 



<Tljr tmibmtrfia nxib ti\t brg lattb sljaU br S>rptnttbrr 
glai; and tit* fosrrt shall rrpitr?, ani blosfixim XV 

as ih* rnfir. 

—Isaiah xxxv:1. R. V. 

Thou Breath from still eternity, 

Breathe o'er my spirit's barren land — 
The pine-tree and the myrtle-tree 

Shall spring amidst the desert sand, 
And where Thy living water flows 

The waste shall blossom as the rose. 



My spirit turns to Thee and clings, 
All else forsaking, unto Thee, 

Forgetting all created things, 
Remembering only God in inc. 

O living Stream, O gracious Rain, 
Xone wait for Thee, and wait in vain. 

— G. Tersteegen. 



S>?pUmbtt 

XVI 



Srfjtftti mg awnratti. 



— Isaiah xlii : 1. 



Gentle and strong, trusted of the 
weakest, feared of all tryants, He 
moved without strife of words, or lift- 
ing up the voice in self-advertisement, 
through the Divinely marked pro- 
gramme of the waiting years, to the 
Cross of ultimate pain, which He made 
the center and source of all healing for 
wounded and broken humanity. 



XVII 



© mmtttm, gr*at i* ttjg fattlj. 



-Matthew xv: 28. 



In all social relationships His action 
was such as to reveal God's Will in an 
entirely new light to men, thus revolu- 
tionizing human thought and human 

society Let the mind dwell for 

one moment on His unvarying attitude. 






towards women; and then remember 
how, since the years of His human life, 
woman the world over has lived in a 
new realm, for the day of her final 
emancipation dawned w r ith His appear- 
ing. 



3t iB (6tA triftrff ttmrfotli tit $i*vl 8>?ptembtt 

— Philippians ii: 13. XVTTT 

This implies the actual presence of 
God at the centre of our being. The 
very simplicity of these words renders 
them difficult of understanding; for no 
man understands the complex and mar- 
vellous mechanism of his own person- 
ality. God worketh in you — not out- 
side, but in — in the place where thought 
is born, and the throne of the will is set 
up, and the affections have their seat; 
in the inward shrine of the being, God 
worketh. 



Btptembtt 
XIX 



Aarorirttuj ta t^xa gmifc phnavcct. 

Ephesians i:9. 

If we would know the good pleasure 
of God, man must be seen in all his 
perfection. In Christ we have the rev- 
elation of perfect manhood. Think of 
His perfection of tenderness, His 
beauty of character, of all the great 
overwhelming- strength which centered 
in His sacred Person. In beholding 
Him, behold the "good pleasure of 
God." 



8>?ptemb?v 
XX 



3 tjane rr*at*b t?tm fnr mg giorjj. 



Isaiah xliii: 



We all profess to believe that God 
has given us our being, and in a deep 
conviction of that truth lies the reason 
why we should yield ourselves wholly 
to His government in order that we 
may attain perfection of being. 



Sftjrir ttmrka ita fulkrm ttmtu 

— Revelation xiv:13. 

What light is flung upon the path- 
way of each day if once this fact is 
understood. The day is not done with 
when its sun sets. The deeds of any 
given hour are not fully comprehended 
in the passing of its sixty minutes. If 
the deeds of the days have been those 
planned by God, then they are days, 
the full blossoming of which will be 
found in the perfect light of the ever- 
lasting day. 



XXI 



(S0J1 tfatlj mate tfxm botfj Curl* nuh (Etjriat Srptrmbrr 
titxa StBUB mlfcm g* rrurtfok XXII 

—Acts ii : 36, R. V. 



It is a sad commentary upon the 
blindness of the human heart through 
sin, that the vast mass of the people 
who came into contact with Jesus dur- 



ing the years of His sojourn upon the 
earth, saw no beauty in Him that they 
should desire Him. Through the pro- 
cess of the centuries, and by the teach- 
ing of the Spirit, men are coming to 
understand the wonderful glory and 
beauty of His Person and character, 
and are now recognizing that all perfec- 
tion of life, individually, socially, reli- 
giously, finds in Him its first and chief 
expression. 

g^pimter Hljat nfjall 3 ba tljat 31 mag tnljmt tUrtml 

XXI11 * — Mark x: 17. 

Man is everywhere, and at all times, 
and in every way, at war with decay. 
The hatred of death, the loathing of 
the grave, mark the fact that man has 
capacity for life, and therefore feels 
rebellious against the faintest sugges- 
tion of its cessation. 



Clxttp MUgntr* titat g* mag b* fotmb in prarr, g>£ptmbrr 
tmthnut fipnt an& blam*l*aa in lifs mglit XXIV 

II. Peter iii:14, R. V. 

In our younger days we imagine that 
we know the possibilities of our being, 
and are able to plan and arrange the 
whole line of progress. The years are 
startling revealers. As they pass, we 
discover new powers for good and evil 
that had lain dormant within, and of 
which we had absolutely no conscious- 
ness until some crisis aroused and called 
forth to action the sleeping forces. 



— Matthew v: 6. 



XXV 



Men hold two views of what happi- 
ness consists in, viz., having and doing. 
To possess much, or to do some great 
thing, constitutes the sum of human 
blessedness according to popular theory. 



Our Teacher sweeps these conceptions 
away by absolutely ignoring them. 
. . . . Being is everything. A man's 
happiness depends upon what he is in 
himself. 



g>*ptmb*r 3ty*B sljaU bnxih iftm&B, nnh inhabit %m; 
XXVI an ** ^^ ^^ ****"** trtn*tjari>H, txnb rat ttj^ fruit 

of tfyem JHg rljOBnt Bljall long rttiag tl?* 

work of thro hanfts. 

— Isaiah lxv: 21, 22, R. V. 

It will be a great change; but when 
Jesus is King, profit shall go to the 
toilers. 



g>rptrmbrr 

XXVII 



$* tljat \b not against xxb xb for \xb. 

— Luke ix: 50. 



In proportion as you may hold the 
Truth, you will become loving toward 

those who differ from you We 

may rest assured that, in the day when 






we have full knowledge granted unto 
us, we shall discover that the men of 
whom we were most afraid, have held 
truth which we, perchance, have never 
known. 



Wi^n tift &ntt of man filial! tarns in ttta glnrg, §>?pfcmb?v 

—Matthew xxv: 31. XXVIII 

Oh, that believers had not lost their 
bright hope of the Lord's return, while 
they faithlessly and continually talk of 
death as their portion ! True, we may 
"fall on sleep, " and no man knoweth 
the hour of Christ's coming, save the 
Father ; but the one bright hope of 
faithful Christian hearts is ever this — 
the Lord Himself shall come. 



g>£ptmb*r $* twt tffnrfor* anxious lour tf^au- 

XXIX wilB Staler knorortl} it|ai g* Ifaii* ttttb. 

—Matthew vi:31, 32, R. V. 



God is so interested, that He takes 
us one by one, and thinks of, and ar- 
ranges for, every detail of our life. To 
Him there are no little things. What 
we call great things are but the perfect 
union of the small ones, and every small 
one has the element which makes the 
greatness of the great ones. 



g>?ptemb?t Qlljtfl man ronnrtli BintvttB, ani *ai*tl| uriilj 
XXX ilj*m. 

— Luke xv: 2. 



Take hold of the man who by reason 
of his unfitness cannot survive. Fling 
him out of your enterprises, spurn him 
from your society, and Christ says : 
That is the man I am after. "I came 
to seek and save that which was lost." 



QftU \p Btxib fortlj fttigm^ttt uttta trtrtarg. ©rtnbrr 

— Matthew xii : 20. j 

Christ came long ago, a lonely man, 

our brother-man He will come 

again to break the bruised reed of 
iniquity, to quench the smoking flax of 
opposition. 

Lo, 'tis the heavenly army, 
The Lord of Hosts attending: 

'Tis He — the Lamb, 

The great I Am, 
With all His saints descending. 
To you, ye kings and nations, 
Ye foes of Christ assembling, 

The host of light, 

Prepared for fight, 
Come with the cup of trembling. 

Praise to the Lamb forever ! 
Bruised for our sin and gory, 

Behold His brow, 

Encircled now 
With all His crowns of glory — 
Beneath His feet reposing, 
The whole redeemed creation 

Are now at rest, 

Forever blessed, 
And sing His great salvation 

— Sir E. Denney. 



©rtnbrr Aa tlj* rlag xb in tlf* putter's Ijanh, 00 are q* 
tt in mtnr Ifattk 

— Jeremiah xviii: 6. 

The tendency of this day is to a 
loose doctrine of Divine government, 
which is producing impious blasphemy 
in the way that men look into the face 
of God, and tell Him what He ought 
and ought not to do How long- 
suffering God is ! Clay in the hand of 
the Potter: that is our position, and He 
can make or break, mould or fashion 
us, as He will, so far as our right of 
resistance or questioning or complaint 
is concerned. 






©rtnbrr 

III 



31 mill trust, anil twt br afraid 



-Isaiah xii: 2. 



Look at the purpose of God under- 
lying all His dealings with us. Let 
everything else be put out of the vision. 
When we get to this point, though it 



be through heartbreak and disappoint- 
ment, everything else vanishes from 
sight, and only the thought that God is 
doing a great work stands before us. 
We never saw this when God was deal- 
ing with us. At first we simply stood 
in the presence of God and yielded 
ourselves to His will. 



Stye (Bob uf prar* Ijimarif sanrtifg gnu Wzbtbtr 

—I. Thessaloniaxs v:23, R. V. ± 

Lord Jesus, from to-day let me more 
than ever be a gatherer of Thine. Pre- 
vent me from scattering. Do this, 
Lord, by taking more complete pos- 
session of me than ever before. To 
this end I yield to Thee all I am, and 
have, and hope for, in order that 
through me some part of Thy king- 
dom may come and Thy will be done. 
Amen. 



Wtttrim UhaJ hntlf it profit a man, tn gain % mtfnl* 
V tttnrlft, ana fnrf tit tytii Hfe ? 

-Mark viii:36, R. V. 

There is no failure more heart- 
breaking and disastrous than success 
which leaves God out the bargain. 
.... If you are simply setting out in 
life to amass mere material success, 
fame created or position gained, then 
success will be the most dismal and 
disastrous failure. 



Wttabtr JfaUmti after ri$ixttauBtttBB. 

VI —I. Timothy vi: 11. 

If a man shall build his character up- 
on the basis of truth, which shall find 
itself in harmony with God, then that 
man has made a success, though he 
never make a fortune, and never make 
a name. 



$e Ijatt* imirft lung rtumgl? ttt tl|ta mount, ©rtobrr 

— Deuteronomy i: 6. yjj 

If God disturbs me to-morrow, in 
being disturbed is my chief rest, be- 
cause I know that when He moves it is 
to higher reaches of life, to better posi- 
tions beyond; and though the ultimate 
issue of this present disturbance may 
be far on, every mile of the journey He 
has chosen, and every place where I 
pitch my tent He has selected for me. 



5Uj* 3Inr& our (Sob is on* fCork ©riobrr 

— Deuteronomy vi: 4. VIII 

God is behind everything the final, 
certain One. You cannot analyze, or 
divide, or explain Him, yet He is the 
one and only absolute certainty. He 
is ONE, all comprehending, indivisible. 
When you have said that, you have 
said all. When you have omitted that, 
you have left everything out, and bab- 
bled only in chaotic confusion. 



Wttttbtr Ijaro mt0*ardjabl* wet tyia fuigm^nta, att& Ijta 
IX ttraga past finMtuj out! 

— Romans xi : 33. 

In God intelligence is unlimited, 
emotion is unlimited, will is unlimited. 
In men all these facts are found, but in 
each case within limitations. 



Wttabtt £ti*tt Btx Hft &txn quirk*tt*tlj mljnm It* tottl. 
X — John v: 21. 

In controversy with His foes He 
made this sublime assertion of His 
power to give life to those who are 
dead, an assertion He could only make 
in view of His victory over death 
through the Cross and resurrection. 



iihr plar* tttlttrlj ta talteb (Habarg. ©rtofor 

— Luke xxiii : 33. VT 

There sin manifested its prostitution 
of emotion in the brutality of an awful 
tragedy. There grace through the 
untold abyss of suffering smiled back 
with love ineffable, until the very mur- 
derers of Christ found the highway 
open to the heart of God. 



gin, mt|rn it is fintBljrb, bringrilf fortl? teatlj, (Stbxbtr 



— James i : 15. 

Whoever may be inclined to judge 
sin by the superficial measurements of 
much so-called new thought, should be 
brought back to the Cross for a revela- 
tion of its true nature ; and all those, 
moreover, who would confine the river 
of grace within small human channels, 
should stand again in the presence of 
the Cross for an understanding of the 
irresistible sweep and might of this 
river of life, flowing from the throne of 
God. 



XII 



(§tttxb?t GJnm* g* gnurarinra apart into a h*B*rt plar*. 
XIII att& r*at a totitlr. 

— Mark vi : 31. 

We are told that this is the age of 
progress. It is the age of rush, of 
movement, of effort. The old sacred 
art of contemplation and meditation is 

almost dead The old solemn 

hours of quiet loneliness with God, that 
made the saints of the past, are almost 
unknown. 



Wttabtr 3ihfl ttj*n is nulling ta rnnfitfrrai* ifis ztxbvct 
XIV ttjifi &ag nnta tlje Curb? 

— I. Chronicles xxix:5. 

We are not automatic machines. 
We are independent, free agents. I 
can choose heaven or hell. It is a tre- 
mendous issue : but it is a magnificent 
possibility. That is the dignity of 
human life. If we were but machines 



then the romance and the poetry and 
the passion of life would be at an end. 
If I must, then I must, and the colors 
fade from the sky, and everything be- 
comes ashen and grey. It lacks iron, 
force, vim, virtue. Life is life to me, 
because I have to choose. 



ifoig, Ijnljj, Ijnlg, %arb (&ob Atotiglftg. ©rinbrr 

— Revelation iv: 8. XV 

"Bear me on Thy rapid wing, 

Everlasting Spirit ! 
Where bright choirs of angels sing, 

And Thy saints inherit ; 
Waiting round the Eternal throne, 
Joys immortal are their own : 
This the cry of every one — 
' Glory to the Incarnate Son ! ' 

ki Four and twenty elders rise 

From their princely station, 
Shout His glorious victories — 

Sing His great salvation, 
Cast their crowns before the throne, 
Crv, in reverential tone, 
'Holy, Holy, Holy One, 
Glory be to God alone ! ' M 



Wttnbtr Gttf? suffmttga nf (flJjriat tmb tlf* glnriea tifat 
XV [ shoutf* foliarxt th*ttu 

—I. Peter i: 11, R. V. 

Is the Cross anything but suffering? 
Yes, the Cross becomes something 
infinitely more than suffering. Suffer 
ing is its first experience ; passionate 
delight is its final experience. Peter 
was afraid of the Cross when it was 
outside him, but when abandoning him- 
self to Jesus Christ wholly, and being 
baptized by the Spirit into living union 
with Christ, I read even of Peter that 
he counted it all joy that he was worthy 
to suffer shame for the Name. 



Wttcbtr 3ty* mavlb ia rrunfiefc untu mr, nnb 31 utttQ 
XVII **** HwriiL 

— Galatians vi : 14. 

Paul said, " I have been crucified 
with Christ, 9 ' by which he meant to 
say, " I have learned and am living in 



the power of the lesson, that the only 
pathway to power is that of the descent 
to death which must precede the ascent 
to the throne and the crown and the 
victory." 



Wt Bt? Srrnifl . • • . rrnmtwh roittj gUirg atti ©rtnfor 
Ijntujr; ttjai tjr bg ttj* grate of (Soft filtnutt* taai* XVIII 
teatlj for *nmj matt. 

— Hebrews ii : 9. 

I suppose none of us that are in 
work for God have not at some mo- 
ment come to feel that there are some 
people who are hardly worth the toil 
and the sacrifice and the pain. If ever 
we are tempted to feel it, let us get 
back quickly to the Cross, and looking 
into the face of Christ know this, that 
whatever we think of the worth of man, 
whatever we think of man's condition 
in his sin, Christ and God think he is 
worth dying for. 



QDrinbrr Htlnxwb, tn* ar* pttBuabxb btttet ttyingfi nf 
XIX B^ 

— Hebrews vi : 9. 

To say, "I have been crucified with 
Christ," and then to have a heart that 
never feels the throb of the world's 
agony, is to lie. If indeed I have been 
crucified with Him, then by that Cross 
I know the world's sin and love the 
world ; by that Cross I know the world's 
sorrow and my life must be poured out 
in order to help save the world. 



Wttnbtt i|nt» Bfyail mt map*, tf mt tmjlrrt bo great 
XX rahiatum? 



— Hebrews ii:3. 



If men fling in their lot with things 
which are doomed and judged, then 
they must share the doom and judg- 
ment which have been passed upon 



them by the Cross of Calvary ; but if 
they turn their backs upon doomed 
things, and lift their eyes toward the 
things that abide, .... then for them 
judgment was borne upon the Cross, 
and they have entered into justification- 
life. 

3 pttBB fcmrarb tht mark fnr thr prt?e of tije ©rtnbrr 
Jftgtf railing of (Soft tn (Christ 3?sua- XXI 

— Philippians iii: 14. 

This is the school time and we are all 
at school still. But presently there is 
Commencement, passing out into the 
eternal. Get that vision and obey it, 
and these nearer things toward which 
you look to-day, life, life strenuous, life 
successful, these nearer things will not 
perish, they will not be spoiled, but 
they will be made to contribute to the 
great finality, and so find their own 
fulfilling. 



©rtnfor 
XXII 



©rtnbrr 

XXIII 



3t pUuztb tift Jffatfji* tlyat tn tfim Blfttulb all 
fulness imrlL 

— Colossians i : 19. 

There are four facts concerning 
Christ which cannot be disputed by 
any person of intelligence and honesty. 
.... Let me state them in order. 
Christ is the Revealer of the highest 
type of human life. Christ is the Re- 
deemer of all types of human failure. 
Christ is the Ruler over the most re- 
markable empire that man has ever 
seen. Christ is demonstrated the Re- 
storer of lost order, wherever He is 
obeyed. 

if* tljat xb fuxtiffnl in tljai mlftrlj xb kasi xb 
faithful also in mwlf. 

— Luke xvi: 10. 

The Carpenters shop made Calvary 
not a battlefield merely, but a day of 
triumph that lit heaven and earth with 
hope, and if you and I would triumph 
when our Calvary comes, we must tri- 
umph in the little things of the common 
hours. 



(gob xb lab*. 



— I. John iv:8. 



The will of God ensures the pleasure 
of man, because God is love. This is, 
perhaps, at once the simplest and sub- 
limest statement that revelation has 
made concerning the nature of God. 
.... If, then, God is love, His Will 
is the Will of love; and the common 
mistake that law and love are in any 
sense antagonistic must be once and 
forever abandoned. 



©rtnfor 
XXIV 



&ing unto th* Horb a n*m aong; for If* ffaitj ©rtnbrr 
bant marwlUnsa tijftuja. XXV 



— Psalm xcviii:!. 



Looking back, how marvellous is the 
mosaic of the Divine arrangements! 
In the midst of the darkness yonder we 
thought the light had forever failed, and 
yet we were but in the ante-chamber of 
clearer vision. 



©rtiibrr ofljry tlfat Bttm ttt tears sljaU reap ttt jog* 

XXVI — Psalm cxxvi : 5. 

Sorrow is a minister, creating charac- 
ter for those who dwell in the Will of 
God ; for such, sorrow is turned into 
joy. 



©rtnbrr $* nf gnab ntttrag*, anb Ij* sljall Htr*ttgtff*tt 
XXVII B our l?*ari, all g* iljai Ijnp* ttt fl|r Knriu 

— Psalm xxxi : 24. 

The evangelist is the man not only 
preaching the possibility of victory by 
the indwelling Christ, he is in himself 
truly optimistic in the power of personal 
realization of victory. Pessimism par- 
alyzes power in evangelistic preaching; 
but this great optimism of the indwell- 
ing Christ is a perpetual power. 



IHtghtg tiircngif (Sab. ©rtnbrr 

— II. Corinthians x i. 

The world is coming to recognize 
that not the voluptuary who buries 
himself in material things, nor the 
ascetic who attempts to strengthen 
spirituality by the destruction of the 
material, presents the true ideal ; but 
rather the man who is at home on 
the earth, while yet conscious of the 
infinite spaciousness of things around, 
.... who touches all the things of to- 
day in the consciousness of infinite 
issues. 



&h? ungnMg Hiiall nut Htanh in ill* juhgm*nt ©rtnbrr 

-Psalm i: 5. X XIX 

In the race of life, especially in this 
keen competitive age, it is the fit man 
who survives. It is so in the business 
world. It is so in the professional life. 
The corrupt man does not survive long 
anywhere. 



(§ttabtx 
XXX 



QHfriHt abtfirtif fomirr. 



— John xii:34. 



The Christ of to-day cannot be elim- 
inated from history, or from the con- 
sciousness of the age, because the 
Scriptures cannot be broken. By His 
grace we will follow Him in the train 
of those who have lived and hoped and 
suffered and died. 



Wttabtv 
XXXI 



U1|oh0 Ijatfj tljtB motWa giroii, anb &tt\b\ \\\a 
brntljrr ffab* nttb f ani> aljutetlf up Ifta bamrlBi nf 
rompuBBlon from Iftm, Jjnm imirilrilj ti\? Uro* of 
<&vb m Ijtm ? 

— I. John iii:17. 



We are dead indeed if we lack com- 
passion. If the love of Christ is shed 
abroad in the heart, and the Church is 
swept by that love, there is utter for- 
getfulness of all the things that are 
objectionable. Refinement that refuses 
to relieve is nothing more than cultured 
paganism. 



^t sfjall ffau* bomtmott also from Btn to Btu, Nowmbw 
attb from tlj* riwr unto iift rubs of % *aritj. j 

— Psalm lxxii : 8. 



I have every confidence in the vic- 
tory of righteousness .... because I 
believe in God. 



The fog 's on the world to-day, 
It will be on the world to-morrow, 

Not all the strength of the sun 

Can drive his bright spears thorough. 

The cause of the peoples I serve 
To-day in impatience and sorrow, 

Once more is defeated — but yet 

'T will be won — the day after to-morrow. 

And for me with spirit elate 

The mire and the fog I press thorough, 
For heaven shines under the cloud 

Of the day that is after to-morrow. 

— W. J. Dawson. 



Nntumtter jf at I, but Otyriat 

T T — Galati ANS ii : 20. 

When the enemy seeking spiritual 
devastation comes against me to assault 
my soul, and blight my life, and mar 
my character, it is not I that live, but 
Christ that liveth in me; and He 
repeats the conquest of the wilderness, 
and scatters my foes like chaff before 
the wind. 

•Dfatmnfor HJnr* tljatt taw\uttBva tljrnugtj fftm tljat 

— Romans viii:37. 

Thy secret place of victory, O my 
soul, is not the place where thou shalt 
assert thy strength; it is the place 
where thou shalt assert the strength of 
thy Master, and put Him as thy shield 
forevermore to quench the fiery darts 
of the evil one, .... to strike thy 
blows for thee, and get for thee thy 
victory. 



— Colossians ii:6. 

Every one of us exerts influences 
which will have their effect upon other 
lives, and the generations yet unborn 
will be lifted nearer God or thrust into 
deeper darkness, because we have lived 
and moved and had our being on the 
earth. 



l%t laokrb far a ritg ttiljtrlj Ijail) fnunftaliottB, 

tttljflH* butlbrr anil maker xb (606. 

— Hebrews xi:I0. 

See how Abraham, the father of the 
faithful, lived. "A tent and an altar, 
a tent and an altar." He pitched his 
tent and erected his altar. His altar 
was the mark of the fact that he lived 
in relationship to the Divine. The tent 
marked the fact that he was only a 
sojourner, a stranger, and a pilgrim 
upon the road. 



Nntmnter 

V 



Kanemtar Segntten xxa again . * . . tn an inljeritanre 
VI inrnrruptible, anb unfcefileii, anil ttjat fa&ettf turt 

aroay, reaertie& in tjeauen. 

— I. Peter i:3, 4. 

We are a heavenly people sojourn- 
ing upon the earth; and therefore, 
through us, the light of the heavenly is 
to fall upon the earthly. 



Jfauember 

VII 



Jfanember 

VIII 



5te mlj0m be glnrg for euer anb etier^ Amen. 

— Galatians i : 5. 

There is nothing better in this world, 
no higher experience, than that we 
should, to every revelation of the Will 
of God, utter our whole-hearted Amen, 
and crown it with our joyous Hal- 
lelujah. 

Put atuaj} the euil nf gnur toinga frnm before 
mine egea ; reaae tn ba eml ; learn In ba mell. 

— Isaiah i: 16, 17. 

To exert a destructive influence is 
the most terrible sin that is possible to 
any man. No man has any right to 
perpetuate evil. 



tn 3f mtrnlb ba gnnii, rtrtl ta prrarnt mttlj Nntronfor 



— Romans vii:21. 

Until men have seen their own indi- 
vidual helplessness, there will be no 
coming to the rivers of cleansing and 
the life of Christ for the power that is 
necessary for pure, strong living. 



IX 



aty* amtfc l? Inmrtlf mhtvt tt UaMlj, . . . . tljmj 
. . . . rattfit turt trll mtynt? it ramFtlj, anil 
mljttlf er it gnrtij : bo xb wrrg our tljat ta bant of 

tljr Spirit. 

— John iii:8. 

You may count the petals on the 
rose and tell the story of floriculture 
and cultivation, but behind all your 
schemes is the touch of the Divine, the 
presence of God ; and as thou canst not 
explain .... the working behind the 
thousand mysteries of beauty and na- 
ture, neither can I tell you how God 
will come into your soul and purify it. 



Nrroembrr 
X 



2fcro*mb*r 

XI 



3tyia to, unit tiftttx attalt lint. 



—Luke x : 28. 



In so doing thou shalt fulfil His law, 
and out of that obedience shall come 
the cleansing of thy nature ; the putting 
away of thy sin ; the commencement of 
that new life which shall exercise an 
influence — pure, and strong, and high, 
and lovely — which shall stretch out far 
beyond the little years of thy life, into 
God's great eternity. 



Nntmttor Stynu Dp*n*at ttfttt* Ijattft, nub aaitafeat tlj* 
XH teaire of *n*ry luring tljtng. 

— Psalm cxlv: 16. 



There is plenty in the world for every 
man to live in comfort, and all lack is 
the result of human mismanagement. 



$0lfai0ii*u*r g* &a, Jm all ta ilj* glxura of (fob. 

— I. Corinthians x:31. 

How should I transact my business, 
knowing that even as I make an entry 
in my ledger I may be interrupted by 
the call of my Master? How should I 
take my recreation when, at any mo- 
ment, He may summon me from it to 
His own presence? The purifying 
effect of such considerations is evident. 



Nmtemfor 

XIII 



Sjr tljai is unjust, irt tjxm b* unjust still 

ani hr that is hnltj, irt htm b? hnla sttll. 

— Revelation xxii:ll. 

There is no thought of the future so 
full of solemn, heart-searching power as 
this of permanence of character. Do 
you choose impurity in any of its 
forms ? Then you choose it, not for 
to-day, but forever. Do you choose 
purity at any cost? Then you choose 
it, not for to-day, but forever. 



£faittmbrr 
XIV 






TSmtmbtv £>a teadj m to number ttwc &aga, tljat mt mag 
X y applg our Ijearte uttta urtstoim. 

— Psalm xc:12. 



Destiny is being created by the 
choice you are making now. We act 
as though moments came to us to be 
smiled or sobbed away, as the case may 
be, and then to be done with forever. 
It is not so. Montgomery sang truly 
when he sang: — 

'T is a mistake : time flies not, 

He only hovers on the wing : 
Once born, the moment dies not, 

'T is an immortal thing. 

i 



$* iifittk g* Ifatt* eternal life . . . . atth ge Sforoember 
mill turf rom* ta me, ttyat a* mtgtjt t?att* life. XVI 

— John v: 39, 40. 



The most difficult thing to get a man 
to believe is the thing which he thinks 
he does believe. You believe in God — 
you live, and move, and have your be- 
ing in Him. Believe that — believe that 
only, believe that supremely, and then 
begin life in that belief. And in that 
belief, believe above everything else 
that 

11 Hell is nigh, but God is nigher, 
Circling you with hosts of fire." 



2tyat aa attt tfattj mgtteb uttta btutif, tntn 00 Nnttmber 
mtgljt grar* mgn ttfrnuglj tigtftttmsntBB. XVII 



— Romans v:21. 



Righteousness has had its conflict 
with evil, and has won in the fight. 



Jfamemter if*, ttrfj*n If* is tixmt, mill ratnrirt lift mnrlh in 
XVIII rtBpttt vfi Bin • • . • bttwxB* il|*g briiro* tint 



an m*. 



— JoHNxvi:8, 9, R. V. 



The Spirit declares that the sin lies, 
not in the fact of passion, but in the 
refusal to let the Master, master the 
passion. 



Nnimnfor 3 am tlj* iuror: bg m* if ang man tutor in, If* 

XIX jelfaU b* satirti. 

—John x: 9. 

The Door of the Church is Jesus 
Christ : and reverently the figure may 
be carried further — the Holy Spirit 
guards the Door. From that Pente- 
costal effusion to this hour, the Holy 
Spirit has guarded the entrance to the 
Church of Christ, and admitted all its 
members by His own baptism. 



3ft ta il?* #ptrii itfat bearrtlj trntttwa. Nntimfor 

— I. John v: 6. xx 

Every vision of Christ granted to the 
believer has been the result of the pres- 
ence in that believer of the Holy Spirit, 
Who alone gives grace to say in new 
realms of life, in new vistas of outlook, 
that Jesus is Lord. 



S* g* bottB of tff* math, anb turt tywcttB nttlg, 2fat»mb*r 

— J AMES i: 22. XX j 

The Lordship of Christ is the doc- 
trinal fact which is the centre of all 
others ; the Lordship of Christ is the 
practical fact which is the issue of the 
doctrine. Doctrine and duty are wed- 
ded in the scheme of Christianity. 
Every doctrine has its expression in 
some duty ; all creed has its out-blos- 
soming in character. 



Nnimnter |Irag ttri%mi tmmn$. 

— I. Thessalonians v: 17. 



XXII 



Prayer is the voice of man in his need 
speaking to God : prophecy is the 
voice of God in His power speaking to 

man. 



Nnwmbrr 31 Ijati* tuiuriBlfrb anb brought up riftlhrett, 
vvttt ani IIjfjj tfati* rtbtllti agatttfit mr, 

^^ 111 — Isaiah i: 2. 

The Fatherhood of God was a fact 
before the coming of Jesus. He illu- 
minated it for men, so that since His 
coming they have understood it as 
never before. Though men had wan- 
dered and lost their sense of relation- 
ship, God was ever their Father, and 
His presence their home. 



QJaugbt up intrt parabtee, anb tj*arb unapeak- Nmi^mter 
abte martin, mfjtrtj tt ia nnt lamful fax a man tn XXIV 

— II. Corinthians xii:4 

No man can tell his own vision and 
help another as that vision helped him, 
so it is infinitely better to be silent 
about the deepest things that God says 
to the heart. Each must for himself 
have the vision, if it is to be of use and 
of blessinor 



£>' 



Wxtiiaixt (Sob to tit* morlb. 5ftro*mb*r 

— Ephesians ii : 12' XXV 

The logical, irresistible, irrevocable 
issue of sin is to be God-forsaken. Sin 
in its genesis was rebellion against 
God. Sin in its harvest is to be God- 
abandoned. Man sinned when he de- 
throned God and enthroned himself. 
He reaps the utter harvest of his sin 
when he has lost God altogether. That 
is the issue of all sin. 



5? mronbrr ^ ateaMaatle art If ia far* to ga to 3rntaal*nu 

yvyj — Luke ix : 51. 

We see Christ passing by the way of 
the Cross with the step of a Conqueror, 
the Leader of the great hosts, who by 
His victory shall be delivered from the 
bondage of sin and the bondage of 
death, into all the spacious freedom of 
the Kingdom of God. 



Wtmtmbtt 3t ta goitr 3Fatff*r'a gnnb pUuBnrt to gib* 
yyvtt B0U ft* JCtturitam. 

^^ Vli LuKExii:32. 

3lf g* abtite in mr, an& mg ntnrha abib* in gnu, 
gr shall ask mliat gr mill, and it sfjall br iour 
nntn gnu. 

— John xv:7. 

The Church is to be aggressive, cap- 
turing men, fighting against wrong, 
urging everywhere and always the 
claims of Jesus Christ, and this she can 
only be as within her own borders 
the purposes of God are realized. 



3 ktuim iljg murks, anil trUmlaium, anb jura- Nnrcrnter 
*rtg, but ttjmi art rirtf. . XXVIII 

— Revelation 11 : 9. 

Outward adversity of a church, of a 
people, or a person is not proof of 

essential poverty or weakness 

How often it has been that some 
struggling company of believers, fight- 
ing with poverty, contending for very 
existence, has been the truly rich and 
prosperous church. 



i 



3©ttlf0Ht m* g* ran ha turttjmg. 



-John xv:5. 



Christianity has never become, nor 
can it become, independent of the Per- 
son of Jesus the Christ It be- 
gan with Christ. It has continued 
through Him. It must stand or fall 
with Him. 



Nirormbrr 
XXIX 



TStmtmbtt $* filjall ktwm tfjrm hg ttytxt fruits. 



XXX 



— Matthew vii : 16. 

The man who openly blasphemes, 
and who, standing under the sun, looks 
up at the heavens and says, " I hate 
God," is far less dangerous in the influ- 
ence of his life than the man who says, 
" I love God," and disobeys Him. 



Bmmbrr ®n tljtfi tnb (Eljrtat ball? bwb f anil roar, anb 
j ttxtiwb, tljai ty mtgljt b* ffiorii bntlj nf tlj? itatfc 

wxb lttrittg. 

— Romans xiv:9. 

The One in Whom death had no 
place, has died in the place of those 
who ought to die. 

Over against His Dead 
God sat in silence : for the Earth was dead, 
And dimly lay upon her awful bier, 
Wrapped round in darkness ; yea, her shroud 

was wrought 
Of clouds and thunders : for the Earth had 

died 



Not gently and at peace, as tired men die 
Toward the evening ; but as one who dies 
Full of great strength, by sudden smiting 

down: 
The Earth was dead, and laid upon her bier, 
And God, Sole Mourner, watched her day 

and night — 
The living God a Watcher by the dead, 
Sole Mourner in the Universe for her 
Who had been once so fair. 



But, behold, there came 
One, treading softly to the house of Death, 
Down from among the Angels, through the 

room : 
He came, as comes a King, unto the place 
Where lay the Dead; and He laid His right 

hand 
Of strength on her, and called her ten- 
derly 
Saying, " Arise, beloved, from thy sleep, 
For I will ransom thee by Death to Life ; 
Arise and Live." 



For everlasting, He hath made her Bride 
Of Christ, the King. 

— B. M. 



"From Death to Life." 



g*rimttn>r gtyta ia mg bei0tt*fc &an, . . . . i?*ar h* Ijteu 

j j — Matthew xvii : 5. 

To many there comes no mount of 
transfiguration, but there is for all the 
speech of the Son. If the majority are 
not called to some mount of vision 
where they may behold the glory as 
the three men beheld it, yet to every 
soul amid the multitudes of the re- 
deemed He speaks in every passing 
day. God forbid that the babel of 
earth's voices should drown the accents 
of His still small voice. 

Srranfor 3f am mtll pbaaiA. 

— Matthew xvii : 5. 
Satisfied with the private life in Naz- 
areth, with the honest toil of the car- 
penter's shop, with the years of public 
ministry, with the deeds of love that 
had been scattered over all the path- 
way, the whole life of Jesus from be- 
ginning to end had given satisfaction to 
the heart of God. 



Ill 



lamari, 3 sag rnttn tlf**, arts*. 

— Mark v: 41. 

There was no thunder about His 
voice, no magnificence of majesty, sug- 
gesting the assertion of authority, but 
the sweet whisper of an infinite Love, 
in response to which the spirit of the 
little one came back from the Spirit 
land to its clay tabernacle. He stood 
in the home evidently Master of death, 
with a strength and dignity that needed 
no outward pageantry. 



IV 



&ty autfjnr anb prrfrrtrr of our fattfj. 

— Hebrews xii:2, R. V. 

The word " Author" literally means 
a file-leader, the man in front, who 
makes a track through the forest in 
which all that come after Him shall 
walk in safety. His exodus was to be 
a passing through death into life, 
through the baptism of passion in the 
infinite spaces of His Father's Kingdom. 



V 



Btttmbtt Wbiammtt tffau art itjat yxbgtst ♦ ♦ ♦ . ttpns 
VI tnnbtmv&st iljgarif. 

— Romans ii:l. 



Job's judges and Christ's critics are 
on a level, and they are on a level with 
every one of us who tries to pass his 
sentences upon his fellow men. 



Bromfor &nppaBt #t tlfai tiftBe . . . . torn Bitttimi 
VII ♦ ♦ ♦ . bmwae tijeg Buflferrii Bitrlf ilfuujB? 

— Luke xiii: 2. 

If we cannot understand what God 
is doing with that woman whose heart 
is crushed and broken with overwhelm- 
ing sorrow, let us be reverently silent 
lest we help the men who drive the 
nails, and break the Lord's own heart. 



3§umbU> ymtxj&lxitB in tlj* Btgtfi nf tift %ntb, Btttmbtv 

and 1|* sljall Hft gnu up. ^ . ^ VIII 

—James iv.10. 

Self renders it impossible to know 
Christ when other loves and interests 
intervene, and breeds dissatisfaction 
with all else, and makes that very self 
sad and weak. Christ absolute, lights 
the whole being with His love and joy 
and beauty, and shines on other loves 
to their sanctification, and so the abne- 
gation of self is self's highest develop- 
ment. 



Wcyx Ijatlj satiri* ub, and rallrti ub ttritff an fttttmbtt 

Ipi}} railing. IX 

f —II. Timothy i:9. 

I go to His Cross to be in some 
measure a sharer of His suffering for 

others In the death of self on 

the cross the new pain begins, and so 
long as I remain here, the sorrow and 
sin of the world must press on my 
heart, for His life now holds and gov- 
erns it. 



Smmber Utiofifletier If* be of gnu iltat fnrBakrtlj turt all 
X tijai It* Ijattt, If* nmtwt be mg fcisriple. 

— Luke xiv:33. 

There must be a clean severance 
from all entanglement, and an utter 
uncompromising abandonment of our- 
selves to Him. Unless this be so, we 
cannot be His disciples. 



Ueranber 5ie ttjai nppreflBettj tlj* pant to intttwa? Ifte 
XI rirljea • . . ♦ aljall aurelg mm* tn ttrant 

—Proverbs xxii 16. 

A Christian cannot consent to enrich 
himself by taking advantage of the 
downfall or misfortune of another man. 
That man who strikes a bargain to his 
own profit which takes advantage of 
some pressing need on the part of 
another is none of Christ's. 



(Sturtt In ItoBpUaUtg. 



— Romans xii : 13. 



The ideal Christian home will ever 
have a door open to welcome the home- 
less ones of our great centres of popu- 
lation, that its atmosphere of love may 
help to guard and form the life of such. 



XII 



W? Ijaue tljouglit nf thg lotrittg kinbttrss, © 

— PsALMxlviii:9. 



Btttmbtr 

XIII 



Can we not look back and see that 
some of the hours that throbbed with 
agony were the most blessed of all the 
hours of life? .... That affliction was 
my door to strength, that grave the 
prelude to resurrection power, that dis- 
appointment my finding His appoint- 
ment, that lonely hour the one in which 
I found Jesus only. 



Srrantar 

XIV 



3 fetwtu ttjg ♦ • ♦ • fattij. 

— Revelation ii : 19. 

Faith is here mentioned not as the 
principle out of which an attitude 
grows, but rather the attitude of fidel- 
ity that grows out of the principle of 
confidence. I know thy steadfastness, 
I know that in thee is manifested the 
opposite of fickleness. 



JtUronhrr 
XV 



8>ur*Uj 31 ram* quirklg. Ame tu 

— Revelation xxii : 20. 

"Surely He cometh, and a thousand voices 
Call to the saints, and, to the deaf, are 
dumb; 
Surely He cometh, and the earth rejoices, 
Glad in His coming, Who hath sworn, 
' I come.' 
This hath He done, and shall we not adore 
Him? 
This shall He do, and shall we yet de- 
spair ? 
Come, let us quickly fling ourselves before 
Him; 
Cast at His feet the burden of our care.' , 



flmtrlj tij* gnap*i to tn?t\$ rrraturr. 

— Mark xvi:15. 

If we are truly waiting for Jesus, we 
shall not be careless of those for whom 
He died ; and we shall not dare disobey 
His word which bids us preach the gos- 
pel to every creature. But, as far as 
individual life is concerned, the coming 
One should fill the heart's vision 
through all the days and moments. 

Sits smmtttfl Hljall atxxit Ijxm: unb itjnj fitjall 
mt tfifi far*. 

Revelation xxii ; 3, 4. 

We shall see Him, and want to serve. 
We shall be like Him, and be able to 
serve. We shall know, and be pre- 
pared to serve. Inspiration for service 
in vision; equipment for service in cor- 
respondence ; preparation for service in 
knowledge ! Thus Himself will be the 
reason of all the service of the new 
life, and therefore His Will will be the 
plane of heaven's activity. 



XVI 



Srrrmb^r 

XVII 



immter 3ftt tip txmtlh g* jrifaii fan* irtbulaiuiiL 

X yjjj — Johnxvi:33. 

The tendency of the age is to soft- 
ness. Some may read this final mes- 
sage and, turning from it, say, This is 
not easy. Easy ! When did Christ 
suggest ease to men in the method of 
their own making? Did He not sol- 
emnly warn those who would follow 
Him to count the cost, and indicate that 
the pathway of His footprints necessi- 
tated the denial of self and the taking 
of the Cross? 

Ikronfor Slljtnk tint ttjai 3 am rnm* in iteatrug tip lam, 
XIX or *tf* prnptpte: 'A am xuA nmt* to iteHinig, but 
ta fulfil. 

—Matthew v : 17. 

The severity of the law of God is 
the necessary sequence of His infinite 
love. The Eternal Heart purposes 
and seeks the ultimate perfection of 
every human being. To condone sin 
in any way, or excuse it, would be to 
make impossible the realization of that 
purpose. 



$* ttjat fintorttj t0 tyta foslj stjail nf tl?* foal? §*remb*r 
reap rnrrnpiinn; but Jt^ tljat Btfturth ttx t\\? Spirit XX 

stjait of % spirit reap life eforlaating. 

— Galatians vi : 8. 

So many live as though the whole 
purpose of life were realized in the lit- 
tle day on earth. Yet men know that 
it is not so, that this passing life is pre- 
paratory and probationary. To-day 
men sow, to-morrow they reap. The 
reaping depends upon the sowing. 

WhoBatbtr filfall fcrep ttf* mtjnk lam, anfc get Serember 
flflfenfc in nn* paint, tje xa gniltg of aiL XXI 

— James ii: 10. 

Men are apt to think that if there be 
ten commandments, of which they obey 
nine, such obedience will be put to 
their credit, even though they break 
the tenth. That, however, is to mis- 
understand God's purpose of perfection 
for man, and the consequent perfection 
of His law 

It is by "every word that proceedeth 
out of the mouth of God doth man live." 



Hfrrmbrr atyia pant rofaoro Ijatlf rant mnr* in, tljan all 

XXII tyfJJ n*Ijirif tyati* raat into tlj* trraanrg^ 

— Mark xii : 43. 

He measured the gift then, as ever, 
by its cost to the giver. The men who 
had put into the treasury out of their 
abundance did not forego any luxury 
when they reached home. There was 

no self-denial in their giving 

To such, let me say, God does not 
thank you for your gift. 



B*mttb*r 3tt ta train ta Btvvt <6nb: anb tnljat profit ia it 

XXIII *** a * mt ^ nxt * k** 1 * ^ a 0r ^ nanr ^? • .•■•• fps 
tljat trotpt (Soft ar* mm frUwrrifc* 

— Malachi iii: 14, 15. 

When man begins to excuse sin, and 
to say that it does not matter so much, 
that God delights in them that do evil, 
that there is no judgment ; then he is 
committing high treason. 



OUpriBt 3tBtXBz mlfn, rxiattng in tift form of 2branb*>r 
<&nii, . . . . *mjiti*& tjtmarif, taking ttir form XXIV 
nf a jgrnmnt 

— Philippians ii : 6, 7, R. V. 

The Word passed from government 
to obedience, from independent coop- 
eration in the equality of Deity, to 
dependent submission to the Will of 
God. By the way of the Incarnation 
there came into existence a person in 
all points human, in all essentials Divine. 

Stym \b bnrn Ux gnu tlfts hag in tit* ritg nf S*n>mb*r 
Sauib a &attuiur, tnljo is (EljriHt ttj* iCnrtt XXV 

—Luke ii: 11, R. V. 

Faith, Hope and Love never stand 
closer, or sing in sweeter unison than 

over the new-born Christ came 

into the midst of sorrow and sighing, 
and at once angels and men began the 

carol of a great joy Through 

His advent in weakness and strength, 
in innocence and knowledge, faith 
becomes possible to men again, hope 
begins its new song, and love enters 
upon its new enterprises. 



Bmtttbtr 2j* slfall gin* gnu attollfw: (ttomfarfrr. 

■^t ttttt — John xiv : 16. 

To the waiting people of God the 
character of the Spirit is love ; He will 
come to fill the gap, to take the place 
of the tender Christ, to be to the 
orphaned disciples a Comforter nigh at 
hand — to comfort them, and to do it by- 
pleading within them the cause of their 
absent Lord and Master. 



Hkttmbtt ISjnuiteti mlftn ty, tfj* spirit of tnrtlj, tB tttmt, 
XXVTT *** 0l ? a ^ guttte gm* into all tty tnrtlf. 

— JoHNxvi:13, R. V. 

Protestants are perpetually being told 
that they have no centre of authority. 
This statement is due to the fact that 
those who make it forget that the one, 
the abiding, and the only centre of 
authority, in matters of faith and doc- 
trine, is the Holy Spirit. 



Bring ge tfte mltnb tith* itttn th? stnre-linuH* 
. * . . ani prntie m* nam Itemmth, . . . . if 3 
mill ttnt nprrt gnu th* tomtoms nf Itrati^n, anil 
pnur gnu nut a blessing. 

— Malachi iii: 10, R. V. 

When men come and say, " Here we 
are, our interests, ourselves, our busi- 
ness — everything/' then the windows of 
heaven are never shut — never ! When 
my all is upon the altar, then the win- 
dows of heaven are open and the bless- 
ing descends. 



Brrottbrr 

XXVIII 



a, It? Ijnlg &jririt tolram th* Jailter mill Btnh Qtttmbtt 



in mu nam*. 

* —JoHNxiv:26, R. V. 

The Holy Spirit was poured out up- 
on the Day of Pentecost as a gift of 
God. Man had no claim upon God for 
that great gift ; He was not poured out 
in answer to any prayer of man, nor on 
account of any merit in man : He was, 
as was the gift of Jesus, a gift of Grace 
which all received as from God. 



XXIX 



Seranfor ilaater, 3 will faltoro ttyt. 

— Matthew viii : 19. 



XXX 



O Nazarene, Thou hast conquered 
by an infinitude of love ; and if out of 
the wreckage of my life Thou canst 
create character that abides, I give my- 
self to Thee, and I "will" to follow 
Thee. 



Smmfor Wqnttoxt Irt tljrm alflfl ttja! suffer arwr&tttg 

XXXI *° **** m ^ ^ ^ ^ rommtt **J** r Bstv & B ™ m *U- 
imttg uttfci a fatttffni (Erratnr. 

—I. Peter iv: 19, R. V. 



Let the end be as the beginning. 
There is but one thing that matters. 
It is that God's Will should be done. 
. . . . The ultimate issue will be 
perfect compensation for all the toil of 
the pathway that leads thereto. 



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